More than 100 thousands of homes in Los Angeles were left without electricity: how to survive a long-term failure

Photo: Los Angeles Daily News

8 July an explosion occurred in the Department of Water Management and Energy, which left more than 140 000 houses and businesses in the San Fernando Valley without electricity.

9 July in the region are still ongoing restoration work on the provision of electricity, writes Daily News.

In the evening, 8 July was renewed power supply about 50 thousands of homes and businesses, about 94 000 customers continued to remain without electricity.

Officials promised to fully restore the supply of electricity by Sunday afternoon, if no force majeure situation occurs.

Photo: Los Angeles Daily News

Electricity was deliberately cut off so that firefighters could safely fight the flames that occurred after the explosion in the department. A fire broke out in a vault containing 50 000 to 60 000 gallons of mineral oil. 84 firefighters, who managed to put out the fire by July 9 morning, fought the fire.

No injuries or injuries were reported.

Photo: Los Angeles Daily News

Fire and power outages caught the inhabitants of the region in very hot weather, the air temperature reached 43 degrees Celsius. The power outage left the inhabitants of the region without fans and air conditioners, which exacerbated the problem of too hot weather. Moreover, the inoperative refrigerators and heat have led to a rapid deterioration of the products.

Edition Daily News collected a list of recommendations on how to survive a long power outage.

• Do not panic. Specialists are working to resolve the problem, regardless of the day and time of day when the failure occurred.

• Be careful. Especially if you need to drive or go through the intersection, which is in the dark and with broken traffic lights due to power outages. In addition, it should be borne in mind that in such cases, some roads may be blocked.

• Check the batteries on flashlights and radios.

• Watch out for small children, older people and sick neighbors.

• Do not forget about your pets. Make sure they have fresh water and they are calm.

• Take care of backup power, it can provide a small portable generators. But be careful, their use may produce carbon monoxide, which is deadly to people.

• Refrigerator: first of all eat in the fridge that can deteriorate faster, at the same time try to keep the freezer closed as long as possible, as it will keep the cold longer. The foods in the freezer will not spoil so quickly.

• If you need to go somewhere, you should not refuse to travel, but be attentive to the crews of emergency services on the roads and their equipment, which can be placed on the roadway during the restoration of electricity supply.

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