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From: Jim Kornegay (ke6mut{at}thegrid.net)
Date: Tue Nov 26 2002 - 14:13:44 EST
Santa Ana winds rake Southern California
CHRISTINA ALMEIDA, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
©2002 Associated Press
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/11/26/state03
15EST0007.DTL
(11-26) 10:26 PST LOS ANGELES (AP) --
Wind gusted to 50 mph across California for a second day Tuesday, causing
power outages from the San Francisco Bay area to San Diego.
Thousands of residents woke up without electricity in Los Angeles, Oakland
and parts of San Diego County, while downed power lines and debris created
challenges for the state's commuters.
"It was blowing like a railroad train at three this morning," said Steve
Miller, 51, a resident of the San Fernando Valley, where a large power
outage darkened 50,000 homes and other buildings.
Several hospitals were running on backup generators, said Winifred Yancy, a
spokeswoman with the Department of Water and Power.
The National Weather Service clocked wind gusts of 77 mph Monday on the east
side of the Verdugo Mountains, just north of Glendale. In Burbank, a gust
was recorded at 53 mph.
Los Angeles firefighters were kept busy overnight responding to reports of
downed power lines and toppled trees, said Los Angeles County Fire Capt.
Brian Jordan.
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