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Winds blow out the power
In several areas of the city, homes and offices are without electricity for up to 90 minutes after palm fronds strike power lines.
By Chris Wiebe
BURBANK — High winds knocked out power to several areas of Burbank on Tuesday after an abrupt storm sent debris sliding into station transformers.
Beginning at just after noon, service from three stations was disrupted as a result of palm tree fronds snapping off trees and interfering with distribution systems, said Greg Simay, assistant general manager of Burbank Water and Power.
Some residences in the Media District, offices at NBC and the Disney Corp. and Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center were affected, he said.
"The outages were definitely weather related," he said. Burbank Water and Power officials were able to restore services to the affected areas within about 90 minutes, he said.
Back-up generators at the hospital made for a seamless power stream in patient rooms in spite of the outages, said hospital spokesman Dan Boyle.
"It didn't have any effect at all on patient care," he said. "There's not even a second that passes before the backup power comes on."
Out on the streets, Burbank Police Department officers responded to several intersections throughout town where stoplights were inoperable as a result of the outage, Sgt. Matthew Ferguson said.
Affected areas included Magnolia Boulevard between Hollywood Way and Mariposa Street; Alameda Avenue between Buena Vista Street and Main Street; Buena Vista between Chandler Boulevard and the Ventura (134) Freeway; and Hollywood Way between Chandler and the 134, he said.
"We monitored the intersections and placed stop signs where appropriate," he said. "We had to be too many places at once, so we put out stop signs to remind drivers that down stop lights are a four-way stop."
Officers also responded to two reports of fallen trees and a gazebo reported to have been blown down the street near Hollywood Way and Chandler, he said.
Beginning at just after noon, service from three stations was disrupted as a result of palm tree fronds snapping off trees and interfering with distribution systems, said Greg Simay, assistant general manager of Burbank Water and Power.
Some residences in the Media District, offices at NBC and the Disney Corp. and Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center were affected, he said.
"The outages were definitely weather related," he said. Burbank Water and Power officials were able to restore services to the affected areas within about 90 minutes, he said.
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"It didn't have any effect at all on patient care," he said. "There's not even a second that passes before the backup power comes on."
Out on the streets, Burbank Police Department officers responded to several intersections throughout town where stoplights were inoperable as a result of the outage, Sgt. Matthew Ferguson said.
Affected areas included Magnolia Boulevard between Hollywood Way and Mariposa Street; Alameda Avenue between Buena Vista Street and Main Street; Buena Vista between Chandler Boulevard and the Ventura (134) Freeway; and Hollywood Way between Chandler and the 134, he said.
"We monitored the intersections and placed stop signs where appropriate," he said. "We had to be too many places at once, so we put out stop signs to remind drivers that down stop lights are a four-way stop."
Officers also responded to two reports of fallen trees and a gazebo reported to have been blown down the street near Hollywood Way and Chandler, he said.
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