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Outages caused by wind, rain
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Blackout lasts awhile in Smith River area Strong gusts caused a few power outages throughout the county but little damage Sunday night and Monday morning. The Smith River area was hit the hardest during the torrential storm — more than 600 customers lost power at some point during the night. Pacific Power was still working to restore electricity in Smith River on Monday afternoon. Gasquet and Klamath had outages that were quickly fixed. Crescent City residents experienced no outages. “Outages were scattered throughout the county,” said Monte Mendenhall, regional community manager for Pacific Power, on Monday. “We’ll be working through the rest of the afternoon.” He said that in Smith River, 629 households lost their electricity in the early morning hours. By 4:15 a.m., workers had restored power to more than half of these homes. Mendenhall expected to have power restored to remaining homes by mid-afternoon Monday. He attributed the damage to strong winds, which sent at least one tree toppling on North Bank Road. “A tree went down through our wires and damaged two poles,” he said. In the Gasquet area, just before 2 a.m. Monday, 462 households lost power, but anyone who was awake at the time found it quickly restored. In Klamath, 50 homes experienced a power outage. Mendenhall said workers were still trying to restore power Monday afternoon. “We’re working on that area, clearing that up too,” Mendenhall said. Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office Commander Bill Steven said he wasn’t aware of any damage from the storm. The wet weather won’t let up much during this first week of March. Del Norters can expect showers and possible thunderstorms with small hail for the rest of the week. The National Weather Service in Eureka is predicting 1-3 inches of rain through today, which could lead to flooding. “This amount of rain will lead to continued increases on main stem rivers with an enhanced possibility of low-lying and urban flooding,” the NWS said. As colder air blows into the area, snow levels in the mountains are expected to drop to the 2,000- to 2,500-foot range. Up to 8 inches of snow could accumulate between 3,000 and 5,000 feet, and 10-12 inches above 5,000 feet.
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