The record temperature was at Woodland Hills, according to Dave Bruno, a senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
“We reached 121 degrees (F) in the Woodland Hills of California. That is the station’s highest temperature, beating 119 degrees on July 22, 2006,” Bruno told CNN on Sunday.
Bruno explained, “Woodland Hills is the last place to get the effect of ocean winds. It stretches to the west corner of the San Fernando Valley.” “This record heat was in perfect or incomplete conditions. Temperatures from surface to atmosphere were high enough to keep away the high temperatures, poor offshore currents and sea breezes.”
More than 2,094,955 acres of land have been burned so far, Cal Fire Capt. Richard Cordova said Sunday.
In a news release from the department, Energy Secretary Dan Bruville agreed with state electrical operators that “a grid reliability crisis exists that requires immediate federal intervention.”
But the statement also raises the question of why the grid is struggling to cope.
“While the Secretary has offered this emergency assistance to California in this time of crisis, it also encourages state policymakers to evaluate why the grid cannot control extreme stress, which can be reduced by large-scale power generation and natural gas support.” Read in the statement.
Emergency powers allow DOE to regulate power generation and distribution during emergencies.
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