UNBELIEVABLE! I went to the Dale of Glen, did what I needed, and headed home. As I approached Laurel Canyon to get off the freeway, the traffic was backed up about a half-mile. I finally got on the off ramp to find out that the signal was out. I turned right to go to my mail place and the traffic lights were out on that street also, and the traffic was a madhouse. I finally got through the intersection and went to the mail place. I did see someone shooting video footage of the traffic. I went into the mail place - the electricity was OFF. The mail guy told me it was off everywhere. I got my mail, and then turned on the radio in the car and indeed LA suffered a huge power outage, affecting certain areas from downtown LA to Hollywood, to mid-Wilshire to the airport (oh, it didn't affect the airport - I just heard - in other words, the lovely stupid jerk media just said it had without having any facts) to almost the entire southern floor of the Valley, including Burbank, Glendale, Studio City, Sherman Oaks, North Hollywood, and Van Nuys. No one had a clew as to WHY this happened, although it was traced to two separate DWP facilities, one in Sherman Oaks. But, I don't understand why it would affect so much of the city - I doubt we'll get a satisfactory response. What it shows once again, is that there is NO backup system in place for an emergency.
I came home to no electricity. It finally came on at 2:10. They're now saying the reason was because a wire may have been cut by a DWP person (a mistake), but I don't believe anything these fools say.
