Yosemite Blacked Out During Sorm
Modesto Bee: Yosemite National Park had a power blackout and slick roads during a Sunday storm that turned out to be fairly mild in Modesto.
The six-hour power loss affected about 9,800 customers in Mariposa County, including the park and the communities of Mariposa and Bear Valley, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. spokesman David Eisenhauer said.
He said investigators have not determined whether the storm caused the blackout, which happened on a major transmission line from Exchequer Dam just before 8 a.m.
The storm briefly closed the uphill lane of Badger Pass Road and made for slow going on other roads in Yosemite, park ranger Adrienne Freeman said.
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February 26th, 2006 02:13
We were at Badger Pass when the power was down. The poor guy at the cross-country ski/snowshoe rental shop had to run all the credit cards by hand and figure tax on paper. We were nice and paid cash.