{"id":64856,"date":"2020-11-02T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/wintry-weather-knocks-out-power-causes-cancellations\/"},"modified":"2020-11-02T14:36:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T23:36:40","slug":"wintry-weather-knocks-out-power-causes-cancellations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/wintry-weather-knocks-out-power-causes-cancellations\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Somewhere between mashed potatoes and wet concrete’: Heavy snow causes havoc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

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Many Juneau residents enjoyed a most unasked-for opportunity to reset their kitchen clocks twice in two days as snow and ice that began falling Sunday afternoon strangled roads and knocked out power, closing schools, businesses and city offices on Monday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“It seems like a perfect storm,” Alaska Electric Light and Power vice president of consumer affairs Debbie Driscoll said in a phone interview. “We had a lot of snow and also a lot of heavy ice.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Snowfall set records for measuring stations around the city, with more than 7 inches falling on Nov. 1, said National Weather Service Forecaster Kimberly Vaughan in a phone interview.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“On Nov. 1, Juneau Airport broke a record when it got 7.6 inches of snowfall, which broke a record of 6.6 inches,” Vaughan said. “Thursday night’s when we’re going start clearing up.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The total snowfall from the storm won’t be known till measurements are collected at midnight Monday evening, Vaughan said. The week is forecasted to have a mix of snow showers and partly cloudy days with temperatures Thursday dropping into the single digits, Vaughan said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“We are pretty much the warmest today and tomorrow that we’re going to be all week,” Vaughan said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Power outages began occurring across Juneau Sunday afternoon, Driscoll said, ranging from Thane to Out The Road. Trees downed by ice were the primary cause, Driscoll said. AEL&P announced an outage Out the Road shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday. At 8:20 p.m., AEL&P announced an outage in the Lena Loop Area, shortly after 4:15 a.m., another outage was announced for the downtown and Thane customers. Not long after,around 5 a.m., an areawide outage was announced. Some homes in the Mendenhall Valley area had power back shortly after 7 a.m., but in other neighborhoods, the outages persisted until later.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

9 am update: multiple trees are causing restoration delays to Downtown, Thane, Douglas, and North Douglas. The crew is also working on downed lines near Tee Harbor\/Randall Road.<\/p>— AEL&P (@AELPJUNEAU) November 2, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>