On Friday, September 8th at around 3:40pm, a blackout hit Southern California, Arizona and parts Mexico. Leaving 1 million people in dark, causing a nuclear power plant to shut down, and 2 Million gallons of sewage to spill into the San Diego waters. Arizona was blamed for causing the outage. APS said they believed that an employee at the North Gila substation tripped a 500-kV transmission line that runs from Arizona to Southern California. The power outage knocked out traffic lights, causing chaos in the San Diego streets. Many businesses and restaurants were closed as the power went out while several kept business open giving people food and water. Gas stations were shut down, airports were closed. Internet was down, and cellphone towers failed leaving many civilians without any form of contact with their families. Schools were closed leaving many kids with a three day weekend. Firefighters, ambulances, and police responded to numerous medical emergencies and rescues of people trapped in elevators. During what was reported as the biggest power outage in the region's history. Generators also failed at two hospitals, backup was given a couple of hours later. "San Diegans did a magnificent job of turning what could have been a real disaster into something they all handled really well,” Mayor Jerry Sanders said.
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