Power Outage in Jacksonville, OR

Thunderstorm Wind. The Mail Tribune newspaper and the police scanner indicated that numerous trees were knocked down in the Medford area. Some fell into power lines, causing multiple power outages. Other fell into vehicles and homes. Lightning also was the suspected cause of at least one structure fire.

July 07, 2015

A strong squall line developed over the coastal waters this day and moved onshore. Squall lines are unusual enough over the Oregon waters, but this one moved over the coastal range and brought severe winds and hail to the west side interior valleys...which is very unusual. Many trees were uprooted or broken, and a number of major roads were closed by fallen trees. 75,000 homes lost power due to this storm.

March 13, 2011

Lightning. A strong thunderstorm with frequent lightning caused structural damage...power outages...local urban flooding and one injury. A McDonald's employee was injured when lightning struck the restaurant while he was unloading the dishwasher. Full recovery was expected. A manufactured home was partially burned by a fire caused by a lightning strike. Several intersections in Medford and Central Point were flooding by heavy rain. More than 14,000 customers lost power at some point during the storm. All but 891 of those customers had power restored within two hours.

May 31, 2009

@PanZ2021 @StorySlug They don’t work when they’re disconnected by the same thing that causes the power outage.

@MintPossum - December 31, 2022 16:49

I don’t know about all this—I do know pacific power has a monopoly—the entire west coast of the US. Last night we h… https://t.co/n57SZ4gpXD

@UrlifeMattersOR - August 23, 2022 03:56

@HiRezAjax So bummed I’m gonna miss the twitch drops because of power outages lol

@FearTheGrim - January 05, 2022 16:28

Power outage in my area so just playing animal crossing in the dark

@ForthJen - December 07, 2021 15:25