First responders had a busy Thursday thanks to constant wind gusts forecast by a Red Flag Warning that pummeled the Santa Clarita Valley with high-velocity winds, bringing down dozens of trees and contributing to hours of gridlock on local freeways. As of about 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, there were 83 outages listed on the Southern California Edison website for its service area in Los Angeles County, with 1,140 more outages listed as “scheduled” and more than 58,000 customers listed as impacted. Residents have taken to social media over the past 24 hours to post their frustrations over SoCal Edison’s Public Safety Power Shutoff program and the uncertainty surrounding who has power and when. When contacted by phone Thursday over the shutoffs, SoCal Edison officials referred to the online outage center, which gives a 27-hour time range for potential shutoffs in the “Santa Clarita” listing on its map, which only added to the confusion.
“The wind blew like hell, and we never lost power,” said Michael Lickliter, a Canyon Country resident who lives off Camp Plenty Road near Canyon High. Where his daughter lived, near Sierra Highway and Skyline Ranch Road, the wind was relatively quiet by Thursday afternoon, he said. However, her power had been off since 4 a.
m. and had been for the past 27 hours, he added, calling the situation “ridiculous.” He said the only information they received on the outages came from The Signal, which indicated the power would be on by 6 p.
m. Th.