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Old 11-30-11, 11:46 PM
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Thumbs down Southern California Winds

I noticed the fierce winds around 8:30pm, and we lost power at my house about 15 minutes ago (11:30pm).

Read that LAX has a blackout, and over 25,000 homes too. Winds in La Crescenta, about 10 mins away, are peaked around 60mph.

Typing this on my phone.

Anyone else experiencing these winds or power outages?
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Old 12-01-11, 12:21 AM
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No power outages but we just had a strong gust of wind about 20 minutes ago. Knocked down a bunch of trash cans.... few others I know have lost power a city or so away from me.
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Old 12-01-11, 01:01 AM
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It's freicken crazy outside right now, sounds like a war-zone out there lol. No idea how i'm actually going to sleep tonight -_- Neighbor has wind chimes and all that kinda stuff in his backyard and i have the room closest to his backyard.
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Old 12-01-11, 02:32 AM
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Too bad no one is harnessing it to use on power generators.
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Old 12-01-11, 05:44 AM
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The winds over in Hollywood last night and this morning were crazy! Driving on the freeway, I could hear things hitting my car and see leaves and trash (lots of trash in LA haha) flying all over the place
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Old 12-01-11, 09:29 AM
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I went outside this morning and the trees are basically naked with leaves ALL OVER the driveway.

I hope it all blows away lol, i don't wanna clean that up

Also pretty pissed because all the little noises from my neighbors backyard kept me up till about 4am! Gahh
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Old 12-01-11, 10:37 AM
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Loads of pine cones and rocks on the ground based off the clunks in the wheel wells. Glad I have a rental right now to play with
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Originally Posted by CrazySC300
Too bad no one is harnessing it to use on power generators.
Actually there are wind farms out on the way to Palm Springs (10 E). I hear the IE got hit the hardest so there might be some hope after all
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Old 12-01-11, 01:32 PM
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Streets were pretty messy with leaves and branches. This morning in Torrance, the parking lot was littered palm tree branches and other leaves. I parked under those trees and when the winds began picking up I debated on moving the car. Home now and it is reasonably calm in Cerritos.
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Lost power in the early morning...i am at work using internet >.<
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Old 12-01-11, 01:56 PM
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My neighbor's wooden fence got blown away lol
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First and only concern when winds started....my LEX.

On my way home there was a torn up black leather couch on the freeway had to swerve way over to avoid it. I looked down at my phone for a couple seconds looked up and BAM a big *** couch with little mini tornadoes of couch stuffing all around.
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Old 12-01-11, 07:22 PM
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I live in Temple City. I went home today and my street was blockaded by a tree... No water or electric until Sunday I heard.. Oh yeah.. there's power lines all over my backyard
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no winds yet in San Diego.. just a little breezy.
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Old 12-01-11, 07:32 PM
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So glad I'm able to put my car in the garage... Winds last night and today were bad. Thankfully we didn't loose power.
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