First confirmed power outage of the 2007 hurricane season

[Noah]

HUbby and I went to dinner around 7pm in sarasota last time to come home to a sign that the power went out. SOme of the clocks were flashing. SO we had the flick flash! Winds in the area were 22mph.

[DanKellFla]

I was thinking. This might end up being a good thing. This is exposing weaknesses in the grid under mild conditions. It might help FPL by exposing weak spots.

[Aquawind]

Just got power back 30 minutes ago.. it's been out since 9:26am. Ugh..

[windstorm99]

Just got power back 30 minutes ago.. it's been out since 9:26am. Ugh..

Sorry about your power loss great to here you go it back.

[hial2]

As of July 6,my new address will be 720 miles away from here,and well inland..I'll be joining the legion of Floridians high-tailing out of here, away from this crazy state..and cane related problems.
The only drawback is the lack of cuban coffee and pastelitos..guess I'll have to wait for care packages...

[windstorm99]

As of July 6,my new address will be 720 miles away from here,and well inland..I'll be joining the legion of Floridians high-tailing out of here, away from this crazy state..and cane related problems.
The only drawback is the lack of cuban coffee and pastelitos..guess I'll have to wait for care packages...

The only drawback is the lack of cuban coffee and pastelitos-There's many of places were you can find those.

[DanKellFla]

Sun-Sentinel article:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weathe ... -headlines


Barry's rains good for parched South Florida, but many left without power

By Elizabeth Baier
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted June 3 2007





Tropical Storm Barry dumped much-needed rain on wide swaths of Florida on Saturday, alleviating some of the arid conditions that had fueled wildfires around the drought-parched state and drained Lake Okeechobee to its lowest recorded level.

But the storm, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, the first day of the 2007 hurricane season, was not wholly benevolent. It knocked out power to thousands of South Florida homes, opened up a hole on busy.....

[JonathanBelles]

Im also hearing this morning that there were power outages in the Clearwater area.

[StrongWind]

Good game FPL...... currently 6500 people are without power in NW Broward County.. Im one of them working from a laptop and a Verizion Wireless Aircard...... hooray for me... have my portable lanterns on and mini fans out... there is currently no estimated restoration time...... My zip is 33066 and the reason is weather related outages... yayyyyyyyyy

Hi! You're just west of me. My power went off and on and browned out a bunch of times but nothing sustained. My first thought was "Just great - this with only a little rain!? Wait till a real storm comes. FPL didn't upgrade anything after Wilma despite all their hype."

I drove West on Sample around 3:00PM and all the traffic lights were out from Powerline to 441. And not an intersection had a cop directing traffic - which was a real mess.

Welcome to Hurricane season!

[hial2]

I was thinking. This might end up being a good thing. This is exposing weaknesses in the grid under mild conditions. It might help FPL by exposing weak spots.

My God!! They've had 1 1/2 years since the Wilma debacle!! Fpl KNOWS the weak spots.

[DanKellFla]

hial.... You have more confidence in FPL than I do.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

I lost power yesterday due to the gusty winds in
barry. but its back
had to reset all the clocks and couldn't get on
s2k for a short time yesterday
luckily it came back on very quickly