Editor's note: This article was updated at 10:15 p.m. Sunday.
Around 2,600 north Redondo Beach residents were without power Sunday morning following a traffic accident that knocked down power lines and power poles, according to Southern California Edison.
Edison's outage website indicated that the incident occurred near the intersection of Clark and Phelan lanes at about 5 a.m. Sunday.
According to comments posted on Patch, a power surge that damaged electronics preceded the outage.
As of 10:15 a.m. Sunday, 2,606 customers were without power; however, it appeared that only two were without power by 8:45 p.m.
Crews were completing repairs at 8:45 p.m., and power was expected to be restored to the remaining two customers by 6 a.m. Monday.
Thoughts?
I responded to your other article - I think the real issue is coordination. No one should have to really be "out" any money to fix or replace stuff. Basically, it might be a civic duty for YOU to make the records request to the police. Unless SCE plans on dedicating some time to handling all of our claims en masse, it's going to be a long drawn-out pain in the backside process. 2600 families lost power, but it is now, the day after, that we're figuring out the true amount of damage. Oh and by the way - if you are the investigative sort, you might want to look into WHY it is that we have had so many outages in this area. I've lived in my residence for 7 years (been in RB for 8 or so) and there have been at least 3 pretty lengthy outages - although yesterday was truly the worst. We probably have poorly placed above-ground SCE equipment that really contributes to the problem, especially one caused by an idiot or a drunk driver or whatever the story is. Thanks for any deeper information that you or your staff can provide us. Laura
thanks for the added info about claims. I too lost some appliances including my Thermador Cooktop (Ignighters burned out in Warranty), Maytag Dishwasher (Burned Motherboard in Warranty), The GE Profile Fridge in the Garage (Out of warranty and too much to repair), 1 Night Light, 1 Surge Protector. Cost of an Electrician (Electric City-Jack Eaton) came out on a Sunday of a Holiday Weekend (replace 1 Twin Circuit Breaker burned out and Replace 1 Burned out GFI Outlet in the Kitchen. Lost some food from the outside Fridge and unable to move to the main Fridge due to limited space ($250 in Food) All totaling when done with repairs and or replacement over $3000!!!! It would be nice of you John to make the Police Report available online to us all so that the city does not get rich off all 2600 $20 Police Report Requests, can you make this happen? Sincerely, Loren Blumberg
Anyone have any issues with Time Warner cable? One of our cable boxes was fried and the other was fine due to a "super duper" power surge protector. I went to TWC and swapped out the bad box and now the "new" one is making snap, crackle & pop sounds and/or losing audio completely, but in little patches. Watching the 11 pm news last night wasn't pleasant with every other word just missing or a little snap sound. Our TV is fine - we can load up netflix and watch movies, so it's the cable, although not sure if it's the box (could be), or the connection between the box and where the cable enters the house. Our other TV in the LR is fine and the cable is working fine, there. Laura Thomas
I did talk to Chief Leonardi about it though and have some new info on what you can do to get a copy of the report here: http://patch.com/A-zZrz (I will also post this on the other article so people know).
1. Dimmer switch to master bedroom lights 2. Broken vent above stove 3. Jacuzzi bathtub jets don't work Just discovered #3 2 week after the initial power outage, and I'm wondering what else may have been affected that I don't know about. I luckily have home warranty (with a $60 deductible for each claim) that should cover everything, and will be filing a form with the Redondo PD for information regarding the driver who caused the accident. My plan is to file a claim in small claims court for my deductible. It is appalling that SCE refuses to accept any responsibility and I would also like to let the driver have a piece of my mind. Even though I am lucky to have home warranty coverage, it is the principle of having to pay any money out of pocket because of an idiot driver who carelessly caused so much damage to this entire neighborhood. On the internet there is always talk of class action lawsuit, but in reality, I know I need to take matters into my own hands. Thanks to John Schreiber for spending the time at the police station to help dig up information - even though the smalls claims process is an inconvenience to me, I would like the driver responsible to also share their part in this inconvenience that they caused. And what better way to cause inconvenience than to force them to go through our "efficient" judicial system.