City of Los Angeles Loses Power

[chrisdavis]

Whole city just had a blackout. Details are coming on Fox 5 news at 5pm

[Repost Squintz]

wtf?

[Kristi]

yea - there is a breaking news report about it on Fox News.com but no actual story - the story should be up in a few minutes

[Bishop]

shit my grandparents live right outside LA in burbank and glendale

[DonGori]

ahhh damnt now we gotta hear all about it bein a terrorist attack and stuff

[Bishop]

they are saying al queda has made threats like this before...but they dont think thats what it is....

[Bishop]

ahhh damnt now we gotta hear all about it bein a terrorist attack and stuff
LMAO

[DonGori]

yeh im pretty sure it was just something to do with the plants or something but nothin to do with terrorists. Hope it doesnt happen often though

[ISAtlanta300]

Insert your "it's Bush's fault" comments here... LOL

I can already see it....

[kelly marie]

did ya do it yousef?

[silver]

did ya do it yousef?


I was thinking the same thing, lol :eye:

[Bishop]

looks like theres a fire goin too...

[DonGori]

hmmm yousifer now that would be something

[Kristi]

Here is the story from Fox:

LOS ANGELES — A major portion of Los Angeles (search) lost power Monday afternoon.

Outages were reported from downtown to the coast and north into the San Fernando Valley (search).

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power did not immediately have an explanation for what happened.

A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department (search) said the Department of Water of Power was investigating the source of the outage. Terrorism was not suspected, according to Sgt. Catherine Plows, though the department went on "full tactical alert," meaning no officers were allowed to leave duty.

Traffic was snarled at intersections throughout the city when stoplights went dark.

Fire officials said they received reports of people stuck in elevators and traffic was snarled at intersections throughout the city when stop lights went dark. Some neighboring cities also were affected.

The weather did not appear to be a factor; skies were overcast in the region.

Stephanie McCorkle, spokeswoman for the California Independent System Operator, said grid managers were watching the outage closely, but had no additional information.

[Bishop]

they said it was a power and water worker that accidently messed it up

[5thgcelica]

^^ if thats the case. they are fired. lol

but that really sucks..reminds me of the NE powerouttage not too long ago

[Ricky Martin]

intersting al my people have been on aim all day.. and they are all in la?? im calling this in for further investigation.. be back shortly

[NLS]

its a terroist act .. jus playing .. when i was living in ny we had a blackout it was pretty fun ..

[Kevykev]

Damn the whole state?

[Ricky Martin]

it may be like one or 2 city blocks or something.. IT doesnt appear to be that big of a deal