PGE Power outages - apparently caused by wind

[The Heretic]

Windy.
Just lost power
I like the new PGE power outage system; apparently it is hooked up to the smart meters somehow (or something else) and the outage is automatically reported to PGE.

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[RicInOR]

That might explain why my home computer restarted.

 

[The Heretic]

That might explain why my home computer restarted.

Yeah, my lights flickered a number of times, then all went out except the emergency lights (I have some lights that are battery backed).

 

[Certaindeaf]

Here too. Out for about an hour.

 

[The Heretic]

Here too. Out for about an hour.

ETA 8PM

Boonies usually are last in line

 

[partsed]

My buddy lived just outside of Canby and their house was always the last house to get power back on. A mouse could fart and their power would go out…. He finally bought a generator to power their pump house and other things in their house….

 

[The Heretic]

Storm threat adjusted as active weather continues Monday afternoon, evening

Storms will continue to bubble up this afternoon as the atmosphere remains unstable due to strong wind, surface warming, and that cold air aloft. The thunderstorm potential that started the day wil…

www.koin.com

 

[The Heretic]

24-hour scramble to get power restored to thousands in metro area

Thousands of customers were without power for hours thanks to Monday wind.

www.koin.com

 

[Alexx1401]

Actually got some snow here this afternoon. Woke up to find the new chicken coop had flipped over. When I went to pick it up could see snow on the ground. Watched the tape and sure enough looked like a blizzard for a few just before it blew their house over. Poor girls seemed not to care much. At dusk they still filed up and into it for the night again
Alarm system showed it had lost then regained power too so it must have gone out for a short time.