STORM SETS RAIN RECORD IN A.V. POWER KNOCKED OUT TO 14,000 FAMILIES.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer PALMDALE - A thunderstorm thunderstorm, violent, local atmospheric disturbance accompanied by lightning, thunder, and heavy rain, often by strong gusts of wind, and sometimes by hail. knocked out power to more than 14,000 Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley homes Tuesday and broke a 53-year-old rainfall record, officials said. Rain amounted to .65 of an inch by midafternoon Tuesday in Palmdale and .75 of an inch in Lancaster, surpassing the previous Sept. 20 record of 0.09 of an inch set in Palmdale in 1952. ``We had direct lightning strikes on poles, we had direct lightning strikes on equipment on poles, and we had some pole fires caused by lightning,'' Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. spokeswoman Alis Clausen said. Power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. County line. Most happened between 3 and 4 a.m., with a second series of storm-related outages between about 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Clausen said. A half-dozen utility poles were splintered by lightning strikes near 50th Street East and Avenue R-8. Other poles were hit in Littlerock, she said. About 7,000 homes had their power restored within 30 seconds, but in some places electricity was out for six or eight hours. Edison had eight four-man crews at work, replacing poles and downed lines, she said. Rain-slickened Highway 138 was the scene of a head-on pre-dawn crash that sent seven Lancaster state prison employees - as well as another motorist - to hospitals. California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officials said a pickup truck driven by Gustavo Garcia, 35, of Palmdale veered out of control near 121st Street East and hit another pickup pulling a trailer, then a Dodge van Dodge Van may refer to:
Garcia and correctional officers Henry Romo II, 28, and Henry Cardiel, 53, were expected to spend the night in hospitals. The other men were treated and released. The storm developed from a low-pressure system that drew moisture into Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, from Mexico, weather forecasters said. Forecasters had expected the storm to create periodic showers, but instead it contained enough moisture to produce steady rain. The National Weather Service predicted mostly sunny Antelope Valley skies today, with an afternoon high temperature about 90. Mostly sunny skies are expected to continue through the weekend. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Angelo Quiambao and his wife Dora, of Lancaster, wait for a bus in the rain on Lancaster Boulevard, above. Left, a Southern California Edison crew works on a power pole on 98th Street East and Avenue S-2 that was hit by lightning. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer (3 -- color) A lightning bolt strikes east of Palmdale. A half-dozen utility poles were hit by lightning strikes, knocking out power to more than 14,000 homes. Charles F. Bostwick/Daily News |
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