[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (09/08/11-7PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
09/08	1900	Power Disruption impacting in Portions of Southern California and neighboring border states. Several Jurisdictions Start Time: 09/08/2011 @ 1530 hours Power outage impacting the following counties of San Diego, Imperial, Southern Orange and Eastern Coachella Valley in Riverside County. Reported Outages stretch six counties in Southwestern Arizona to include as far east as Grand Junction in Colorado, and portions of Northern Mexico (Mexicali and Ensenada). Orange County Cities impacted are Mission Viejo, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Hills, Dana Point, Coto de Caza and parts of Laguna Niguel. San Bernardino County and Western Riverside County is unaffected Outages appear to be affecting utility providers including SDGE and Imperial Irrigation District.       Duration and cause of power outage is unknown; sourced to a transmission outage in Western Arizona. MVU ECC is on backup power.  Cal FIRE stations in MVU are on backup power. RVC stations in Eastern Coachella Valley to Blythe are back up power. MVU ECC 9-1-1 lines were temporarily impacted with no loss of calls. Mt. Woodson and Red Mt. repeater sites are on battery.  All other sites are on generator. The seven digit emergency lines remained intact (MVIC and CNF ECC) have confirmed 9-1-1 service has been restored, RRU/RVC 9-1-1 system is functions. Cell phone networks are overwhelmed. FAA also reports that there is no passenger movement at San Diego International Airport due to power outage in the terminals, and that other FAA facilities are on back-up power. San Diego County EOC is open, Riverside County EOC has opened in both City of Riverside and City of Indio RRU/RVC Fire has established an ICP at Station 87 (North Indio). Riverside Red Cross opening Cooling centers in Western Coachella Valley cities and providing transportation to centers. Weather in Mecca is 114 °, 9% RH,   winds calm  El Centro is 113 °, 10% RH,   winds N @ 9 mph   Mexicali weather is 113 °, 13% RH,   WNW @ 6 with gust 19 mph
09/08	1900	SOCAL#1(Walker) ICT/2 was mobilized out of region to,OR-UPF-110142 Garwood to Umpqua National Forest in Oregon.
09/08	1600	California Central Coast (Smith's) ICT2 was mobilized out of region to OR-DEF-000739 RAC MOB 2011 mobilized to Deschutes National Forest in Oregon.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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