On Sunday, the thermometer at Death Valley’s Furnace Creek, in the deserts of Southern California, went to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center. If checked, it would be the warmest temperature recorded in the US since 1913, and perhaps the warmest temperature ever reliable in the world. …
Read More »Death Valley reaches 130 degrees, hottest temperature in the US in at least 107 years
On Sunday, the thermometer at Death Valley’s Furnace Creek, in the deserts of Southern California, went to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center. If checked, it would be the warmest temperature recorded in the US since 1913, and perhaps the warmest temperature ever reliable in the world. …
Read More »State declared Flex Alert via Wednesday as heatwave threat poses rolling blackouts
The state on Sunday released a new Flex Alert calling for electricity retention over the next four days of an expected heat wave. The California ISO issued the Flex Alert for every day from 15 to 10 hours from Sunday to Wednesday. The Flex Alert is a call for Californians …
Read More »California ISO Issue ISO Step 3 Alert, Forcing Rolling Blackouts – CBS San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The California Independent System Administrator (ISO) declared Friday a statewide Stage 3 power outage as excessive heat pushed up electricity use and set records over the Bay Area, causing rolling blackouts across the state until the power grid stabilized. A Stage 3 emergency means that …
Read More »Heatwave in California: Rotating interruptions underway after Phase 3 emergency declared due to power demand
Rotating outages were underway Friday after a Stage 3 emergency went into action due to higher demand for power. Edison of Southern California said against the direction of the California Independent System Administrator, they implemented rotating power outages. According to SCE, the rotating outages typically take about an hour. Just …
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