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82Marine89
09-03-2007, 11:23 AM
LOS ANGELES - Temperatures headed back toward triple digits Monday, the seventh day of a heat wave that has contributed to blackouts leaving thousands without air conditioning.

Temperatures as high as 108 were expected in the Hollywood Hills, with the mercury likely to pass 110 in the region's desert areas, according to the National Weather Service. At 7 a.m., the weather service said, it was already 77 in downtown Los Angeles, where thermometers peaked at 100 on Sunday.

About 3,500 customers in scattered parts of Los Angeles still had no electricity early Monday, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power spokeswoman MaryAnne Piersen said.

"Probably more than 90 percent of them are due to stress on the system due to the heat," she said. "Different pieces of equipment get fatigued and blow out, so they have to be replaced."

Lightning striking power system equipment during scattered desert thunderstorms added to the strain on the system.

Some 20,000 Southern California Edison customers in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties also had no electricity, spokesman Steve Conroy said.

"We expect at this point to make solid progress at getting a lot of the service back during the morning and midday hours," Conroy said.

The California Independent System Operator, which oversees the state's power grid, said no major shortages were expected Monday, but it urged customers to conserve.

Dozens of cooling centers were opened across California on Sunday for people who had no air conditioning as temperatures hit 109 in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley and more than 100 in other parts of the state. Parts of the area of have triple-digit highs since at least early last week.

82Marine89
09-03-2007, 11:26 AM
Where I live in San Diego it was 105° yesterday. It was 88° at 9 p.m. last night. I had the AC set at 82° and was comfortable. The humidity was a kicker though. It felt like it did when I was a kid growing up in NYC.

Yurt
09-03-2007, 04:10 PM
Still have my AC on, thought I don't think the 104 degrees they predicted is going to happen. It is only 85 degrees. But the AC works at 85 LOL.

Yurt
09-03-2007, 04:12 PM
Where I live in San Diego it was 105° yesterday. It was 88° at 9 p.m. last night. I had the AC set at 82° and was comfortable. The humidity was a kicker though. It felt like it did when I was a kid growing up in NYC.

you must live inland. my folks in la mesa were about the same and the humidity is a killer.

82Marine89
09-03-2007, 04:27 PM
you must live inland. my folks in la mesa were about the same and the humidity is a killer.

Just moved from Clairemont to Santee this weekend. It's 108° as I type this.

Yurt
09-03-2007, 04:45 PM
good lord.

yeah, that is even hotter than la mesa.

step dad is chillin with margaritas right now. going in the pool and bbqing. wishes i was down there, but hey, can't do it right now.

trobinett
09-03-2007, 06:00 PM
Oh come on, its been near, if not at triple digits for almost a month, and YOU want to talk HUMITITY?

Welcome to ARKANSAS...

Please............:lame2:

Yurt
09-03-2007, 07:13 PM
Oh come on, its been near, if not at triple digits for almost a month, and YOU want to talk HUMITITY?

Welcome to ARKANSAS...

Please............:lame2:

Uh, yeah, I don't live there, guess why:

:boohoo:

actsnoblemartin
09-03-2007, 07:16 PM
Important thread, thanks for posting it.


LOS ANGELES - Temperatures headed back toward triple digits Monday, the seventh day of a heat wave that has contributed to blackouts leaving thousands without air conditioning.

Temperatures as high as 108 were expected in the Hollywood Hills, with the mercury likely to pass 110 in the region's desert areas, according to the National Weather Service. At 7 a.m., the weather service said, it was already 77 in downtown Los Angeles, where thermometers peaked at 100 on Sunday.

About 3,500 customers in scattered parts of Los Angeles still had no electricity early Monday, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power spokeswoman MaryAnne Piersen said.

"Probably more than 90 percent of them are due to stress on the system due to the heat," she said. "Different pieces of equipment get fatigued and blow out, so they have to be replaced."

Lightning striking power system equipment during scattered desert thunderstorms added to the strain on the system.

Some 20,000 Southern California Edison customers in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties also had no electricity, spokesman Steve Conroy said.

"We expect at this point to make solid progress at getting a lot of the service back during the morning and midday hours," Conroy said.

The California Independent System Operator, which oversees the state's power grid, said no major shortages were expected Monday, but it urged customers to conserve.

Dozens of cooling centers were opened across California on Sunday for people who had no air conditioning as temperatures hit 109 in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley and more than 100 in other parts of the state. Parts of the area of have triple-digit highs since at least early last week.