[UPDATE 5:51 p.m.] Over 3000 PG&E Customers Without Power in Eureka Area After Tree Falls Into Lines

Tree down into powerlines

A tree fell into powerlines near Three Corners Market this afternoon about the same time as electricity went out to thousands of Eureka area customers. [Photo provided by Ben Brower]

About 2:30 p.m., thousands of PG&E customers in the Eureka area lost power.

A tree fell into lines near Three Corners Market east of Eureka this afternoon.

According to the PG&E Outage site, over 3100 customers were without power at 4:45 p.m. A larger number were without power earlier in the afternoon. But power has been restored to the areas east and north of the city.

There is no time of restoration provided yet by PG&E for those still without electricity.

The yellow areas indicate customers without power.

The yellow areas indicate customers without power. [Screenshot of the PG&E Outage Map at 4:45 p.m.]

UPDATE 5:51 p.m.: The power has been restored to over 2000 customers. However, over 1000 customers are still without power.

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Bushytails
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Bushytails
3 years ago

Do we have any word that that tree and that outage are causally related, and not just coincident?

Bushytails
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Bushytails
3 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

I was thinking the opposite… Why would a little line (assuming there’s more than just phone lines somewhere in that picture!) way out of town cause a huge outage in the middle of town? I’m not even sure they’re fed from the same substation… and they’re certainly on opposite sides of the one up on mitchell heights.

Diana
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Diana
3 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

That isn’t the tree that caused the outage. I called PGE about that tree and that tree is actually on communication lines- not PGE lines.

Mr. Bear
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Mr. Bear
3 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

The central Eureka outage was a snapped power line by the High school.

Bushytails
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Bushytails
3 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Bear

That makes much, much more sense.

North west
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North west
3 years ago

Call the cops. There’s going to be all kinds of football fans looking for a TV to watch the game

ikickittoyou
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ikickittoyou
3 years ago

It looks like a dead tree. Completely preventable.

Toni Brockington
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3 years ago
Reply to  ikickittoyou

That was my take as well. After all is said and done, PG&E is still not keeping up with preventative maintenance.

ED Denson
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ED Denson
3 years ago

We had a brief outage in Alderpoint sometime around dark – probably 5-10 minutes. Power off, then back on, then off longer. Finally back on, we hope for good It’s dark out here.

Willie Bray
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3 years ago

🕯🌳Bummer. 🖖🖖