{"id":128778,"date":"2017-09-12T14:30:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T19:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=128778"},"modified":"2017-09-13T09:28:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T14:28:04","slug":"downed-power-lines-causes-wide-power-outage-snarls-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=128778","title":{"rendered":"Downed power lines caused major power outages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 Otter Tail Power and the North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a mishap involving a dump truck, caused a widespread power outage in Jamestown and the area Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyRotatorWrapper\" align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n<!-- Begin DWUser_EasyRotator -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/c520866.r66.cf2.rackcdn.com\/1\/js\/easy_rotator.min.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div class=\"dwuserEasyRotator\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 450px; position:relative; text-align: left; background-color: #FFFF00;\" data-erConfig=\"{autoplayEnabled:true, autoplayDelay:3000, lpp:'102-105-108-101-58-47-47-47-67-58-47-85-115-101-114-115-47-79-119-110-101-114-47-68-111-99-117-109-101-110-116-115-47-69-97-115-121-82-111-116-97-116-111-114-80-114-101-118-105-101-119-47-112-114-101-118-105-101-119-95-115-119-102-115-47', wv:1}\" data-erName=\"PowerOutage091217\" data-erTID=\"{51ag1ad556706296425051}\">\r\n\t<div data-ertype=\"content\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul data-erlabel=\"Main Category\">\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/OtpLinesDownSept2017frontage-0.jpg\" alt=\"Lines crossing frontage road &amp; Hwy 281\/52 hit by dump truck\" \/>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/OtpLinesDownSept2017frontage-0.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"title\">Lines crossing frontage road & Hwy 281\/52 hit by dump truck<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage16-0.JPG\" alt=\"Truck drove onto frontage road with box still up.   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CSi Photo<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage13-0.JPG\" alt=\"A truck returning on frontage road to dump dirt after first repairs\" \/>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage13-0.JPG\" \/>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"title\">A truck returning on frontage road to dump dirt after first repairs<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage14-0.JPG\" alt=\"Lines crossing Hwy 281\/52 were spliced by Ottertail Tues am\" \/>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage14-0.JPG\" \/>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"title\">Lines crossing Hwy 281\/52 were spliced by Ottertail Tues am<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/OTPlinesAerialView-0.png\" alt=\"Aerial view - Lines hit to right, secondary damages to west (left)\" \/>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/OTPlinesAerialView-0.png\" \/>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"title\">Aerial view - Lines hit to right, secondary damages to west (left)<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage1-0.JPG\" alt=\"Additional damages by substation west of initial tear down of lines\" \/>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage1-0.JPG\" \/>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"title\">Additional damages by substation west of initial tear down of lines<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage4-0.JPG\" alt=\"More damage along 82nd Ave SE as result of the truck hitting lines\" \/>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage4-0.JPG\" \/>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"title\">More damage along 82nd Ave SE as result of the truck hitting lines<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage6-0.JPG\" alt=\"Power Outage repairs in Jamestown   Photos by CSi\" \/>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage6-0.JPG\" \/>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"title\">Power Outage repairs in Jamestown   Photos by CSi<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_26_1505246612\/content\/assets\/PowerOuttage9-0.JPG\" alt=\"Repairs extended west to substation area.  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Please enable JavaScript to view. \r\n\t\t<\/noscript>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/*Avoid IE gzip bug*\/(function(b,c,d){try{if(!b[d]){b[d]=\"temp\";var a=c.createElement(\"script\");a.type=\"text\/javascript\";a.src=\"http:\/\/easyrotator.s3.amazonaws.com\/1\/js\/nozip\/easy_rotator.min.js\";c.getElementsByTagName(\"head\")[0].appendChild(a)}}catch(e){alert(\"EasyRotator fail; contact support.\")}})(window,document,\"er_$144\");<\/script>\r\n\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- End DWUser_EasyRotator -->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>CSiNewsNow.com Photos<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a news release, the Highway Patrol reported, that a Sterling dump truck operated ty 58 year old Dale Laib of New Rockford about 10-a.m., Tuesday was southbound on the frontage road on Highway 52 a half mile northwest of Jamestown, when he failed to lower the dump box upon leaving the yard.<\/p>\n<p>Four overhead power lines were struck and two severed lines came to rest across both north and southbound lanes of the highway.<\/p>\n<p>North and southbound traffic was diverted onto the nearby frontage road.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 52 was shutdown about three and a half hours until the power lines and pole support brace were replaced.<\/p>\n<p>The Stutsman County Sheriff\u2019s Office assisted the Highway Patrol in addition to Otter Tail Power crews on scene.<\/p>\n<p>The power outage first affected the city of Jamestown just before 12:30-p.m., Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>An Otter Tail\u2019s Jeff Hoff in Jamestown says, that a large area of power outage was restored by 2:05 p.m., Tuesday, which included the northwest\u00a0 feeder serving\u00a0 the Jamestown downtown substation.<\/p>\n<p>Otter Tail reports, at that time a piece of feeder line was out northwest of 13<sup>th<\/sup> Street and 4<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue, Northwest, with about 100 customers affected, there.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0east feeder line serving the northeast switching station was still out of service, and power was expected to be restored when the 40,000 watt line is restored, after 5-p.m., Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The outage caused headaches to\u00a0conduct transactions\u00a0for retail businesses, with electronic tills.<\/p>\n<p>The Jamestown Burger King Restaurant on highway 281 south closed until the power was restored, unable to prepare some menu \u00a0items.<\/p>\n<p>Schools and\u00a0 businesses\u00a0 with generator backup\u00a0including CSi Cable in Downtown Jamestown were able to continue to operate serving customers, still with power, during the outage.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Jamestown the areas of Gackle, Streeter, Eldridge, Windsor, Media and Montpelier were taken off line in order to make repairs, and will come back on line when power is restored through the 40,000 watt feeder line.\u00a0 About 586 customers were without power in the Gackle area.<\/p>\n<p>An unrelated underground fault occurred Tuesday afternoon affecting a one block area in Northeast Jamestown at 16<sup>th<\/sup> Street Northeast that occurred between 3-p.m. and 3:30-p.m., Tuesday.\u00a0 Crews are working to isolate and repair the fault.<\/p>\n<p>Otter Tail crews remained on the scene late Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 Otter Tail Power and the North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a mishap involving a dump truck, caused a widespread power outage in Jamestown and the area Tuesday. 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