Monday, June 15, 2009

Power Outage Last Night

I haven't seen any other reports of this. About 2:30am this morning (Monday 15 June) I woke up to find my power in Rockridge was out, and had been for some time since the entire of my refrigerator was warm. Based in what I could see, the outage extended as far as Broadway at College and (what looked like) Telegraph. Emeryville was still "on". The power came back on around 3:20am. Am I the only one who noticed the extent?
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  1. AnnaJune 15, 2009 at 9:26 AM

    We are up past Village Market and were out as well. The dark woke my daughter...how is that even possible?

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  2. UnknownJune 15, 2009 at 9:34 AM

    We lost power here in Montclair last night, too.

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  3. AnonymousJune 15, 2009 at 9:39 AM

    it was out in Montclair too. I didn't see anything else about this in the news either.

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  4. AnonymousJune 15, 2009 at 11:21 AM

    I too had power lost until 3:20am. I'm in the oakland hills above the tunnel. It was totally blacked out here. Did you learn of the cause? We rarely loose power.

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  5. Michael CatonJune 15, 2009 at 12:32 PM

    We're near where Broadway hits 24. I haven't learned the cause, though it's interesting that the Chronicle this morning has an article about PG&E's outage record. At first I thought that would be the story. Nothing on the Tribune or anywhere as far as I can see.

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  6. UnknownJune 15, 2009 at 2:25 PM

    I was out too in the Oakland Hills directly above the BART tunnel. I have a health issue and require a breathing machine. But I was without oxygen between 12:30A and 3:21A. I'm sure there was permanent damage to my brain.

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  7. Michael CatonJune 15, 2009 at 6:12 PM

    Still nothing anywhere. Kind of eerie. I contacted PG&E online; we'll see if we learn anything.

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  8. AnonymousJune 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM

    Outage here near lake Temescal too.

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  9. AnonymousJune 15, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    I'm right next to the tunnel, too. It was really weird because a loud sound like an engine or some kind of mechanical equipment revving up woke me--the lights were still on and then suddenly they went out. It was pitch black!

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  10. AnonymousJune 15, 2009 at 7:59 PM

    I live near the Moraga Ave. exit off highway 13. Our power went out about 2 am and came back a little before 3:30.
    The accident on 880 near the Braodway exit took place around 2 a.m. Could these two events be related?

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  11. AnonymousJune 16, 2009 at 6:26 AM

    So did anyone ever find out why it went out. I heard a shot like a gunshot about 4:00 am

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  12. Michael CatonJune 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    Not for sure, and only an auto-response email back from my on-line request. I might call later today, but who knows if after two days they'll even be able to tell me.

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