Strong Winds Knock Out Power In Venice, Santa Monica And LAX

Santa Monica, CA Patch:

Strong Santa Ana winds roared into the region Wednesday night and caused power outages from Santa Monica to Los Angeles International Airport, including parts of Venice, officials said.

The wind caused an outage at Receiving Station N near LAX about 7 p.m. and it caused a power blackout at the airport and in parts of Westchester, Playa del Rey, Del Rey, Venice and the Pacific Palisades, said Maychelle Yee, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Read the whole story: Santa Monica, CA Patch

Comments

[JScott]

10:15 AM on 12/01/2011

Yup driving thru Silver Lake by the reservoir it's a mess, a tree blew down and broke the fence surrounding the reservoir on Silver Lake Bl. and the power seems to be out at Glendale & Fletcher.

[offtohawaii23]

03:55 AM on 12/01/2011

Well at least the winds are WARM and not bitter cold like they are here in Virginia.

[JScott]

10:14 AM on 12/01/2011

They're cool, like in the 60's maybe low 70's.