Windy storm blows out the lights.Byline: SCOTT MABEN The Register-Guard Windy weather early Thursday knocked out power to nearly 1,000 homes in Lane County. Service was restored to most within a few hours. A frontal system driven inland from the coast whipped up winds topping out at 35 mph in the Eugene area, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the National Weather Service. Local gusts may have been even stronger. At south Eugene's Civic Stadium, home of the Emeralds baseball team, high winds tore a pair of large tents that cover pregame barbecues on either end of the bleachers. "Both tents are pretty much shot," said Brian Rogers Brian Alan Rogers (born July 17, 1982 in Dallas, Texas) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He made his major league debut as a September call up on September 1, 2006. External Links
A crew had planned to take the tents down for the season Thursday afternoon, Rogers added. Three area utilities reported outages caused by downed lines. A tree fell on a power pole power pole Noun Austral & NZ a pole carrying an overhead power line at 20th Avenue and Willamette Street about 5:30 a.m., sparking a fire on a power pole, Eugene Water & Electric Board spokesman Lance Robertson Lance Robertson is an American musician,disc jockey, and actor. Originally from St. Louis, MO, Lance relocated to Los Angeles. Lance became well known in the LA indie rock scene from his band, The Raymakers and while working his day job at Amoeba Records. said. "That knocked out power to about 325 customers, mainly in the College Hill area," Robertson said. Power to all but about 20 homes was back on by 9 a.m. However, traffic on Willamette near 19th Avenue was tied up as repairs were made. An EWEB EWEB Eugene Water and Electric Board (Oregon) crew also responded to a downed wire at Donald Street and East 36th Avenue that affected 21 homes. Other scattered but brief outages were reported, Robertson said. About 300 customers of Lane Electric Cooperative lost power early in the morning. Outages were scattered throughout the utility's service area. Lines blew down in several areas, including near McKenzie Bridge and Row River, spokesman Dave D'Avanzo said. "Every one of the downed wires was due to uprooted trees," D'Avanzo said. Emerald People's Utility District also had about 300 customers lose power in scattered outages Thursday morning. Falling trees snapped poles in Lowell and near Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). , but service was mostly restored by 7 a.m., spokesman Bob Mieger said. Springfield Utility District and Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative reported no weather-related outages. Central Lincoln Public Utility District's outage affected four customers around Florence. The weather service said it will stay breezy for the next couple of days. A high wind warning and high surf advisory were in effect for the central coast. Rain in the Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley (pronounced [wɪˈlæ.mɪt], with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its and snow in the higher Cascades are likely Saturday through Monday. CAPTION(S): An EWEB crew works at the corner of 20th Avenue and Willamette Street on Thursday morning to replace a utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. that caught fire earlier due to the storm. |
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