JH closed today - no power in the village??

[Core Shot]

http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/t...ebb72c77b.html

[babybear]

usually this would mean a snow king rules day....except when it's rain in town. 36.7* at the house currently

[skiing-in-jackson]

It was pretty crazy at the Village last night - a pseudo carnival like atmosphere. Amazingly high winds at the base right when the power went out.

From the snow report this AM:

Wednesday, February 8th. Due to unforseen events from last nights storm Teton Village has been left without power. As a result, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort WILL NOT BE IN OPERATION THIS MORNING. We are working hard to resolve the problem and apologize for any inconvience this may cause. We will keep you posted on our operating status as events unfold. We thank you for your patience and understanding with this situation. Please stay tuned for operating status updates at Jacksonhole.com -MB

[Core Shot]

Lower Valley Energy
42 mins ·

Jackson, WY (2-8-17 8:04 am) Major outage that began yesterday evening near Teton Village. Seventeen transmission poles buckled on the Moose-Wilson road causing a major outage in Teton County.
The current game plan this morning is to clear snow to gain access to each transmission pole and then begin erecting temporary wooden poles.
The cause for the downed transmission lines are still not yet known though the area is experiencing higher than normal wind gusts (up to 90+ mph).
We currently estimate 3,500-4,000 customers are without power as of this writing. The areas affected include Teton Village, the airport, Solitude, John Dodge and Bar B Bar.

We began re-routing power last night - we expect power to be out for at least several days in some areas.

All Lower Valley Energy crews have been dispatched along with crews from 5 neighboring utilities heading here to assist.

[Tye 1on]

one of the power poles.

[jackstraw]

17 poles!

[skiing-in-jackson]

Holy Cow! No Village today!

[Tye 1on]

[Core Shot]

5 to 7 days according to lower valley energy

17 steel three phase poles snapped

https://www.facebook.com/LowerValleyEnergy

[2FUNKY]

17 steel three phase poles snapped

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Being in the utility industry, that's pretty amazing.

[hutash]

Pussies. We had 100+mph winds at Mammoth for the last two days and the mountain still operated. Granted they were down to one shitty little chair, a poma and a platter (the last two serving about 50 vertical feet) but still...;-)

[TAFKALVS]

5 to 7 days according to lower valley energy

17 steel three phase poles snapped

https://www.facebook.com/LowerValleyEnergy

Being in the utility industry, that's pretty amazing.

How does that even happen? Bad metallurgy or welding?

[Core Shot]

This might explain things

[AK47bp]

Dam. Must of been a microburst or something.

[ColMan]

Steel power poles snapped!? Insane. Gust must have been north of 100mph. Edit: Just saw the graph above. Wow.

Airport is still having issues getting backup power going. The DEN-JAC flight I was scheduled on last night still hasn't left (glad I cancelled, though my skis are MIA). Also saw a flood watch notice for tomorrow in the valley due to rain. WTF?

[wordbird]

Where is coffin and how are the winds so much higher then the summit? Definitely doesn't look like a microburst or convective event though, seems like it was sustained for several hours.

[uglymoney]

Where is coffin and how are the winds so much higher then the summit? Definitely doesn't look like a microburst or convective event though, seems like it was sustained for several hours.

http://www.jhavalanche.org/stations.php

[wyeaster]

wow i don't know shit but shouldn't they be able to withstand 150mph winds?

[skiing-in-jackson]

Who was night creature last night?

[Tye 1on]

Where is coffin and how are the winds so much higher then the summit? Definitely doesn't look like a microburst or convective event though, seems like it was sustained for several hours.

Wyoming Range, south of Alpine.

[El Chupacabra]

Does the resort have backup power of its own? Generators?

Am heading to Jackson early next week...

[powdork]

This might explain things

Yeah but coffin is the only one with high winds and its 70 miles south.

[Core Shot]

Yeah but coffin is the only one with high winds and its 70 miles south.

Right, but it shows the winds that were aloft.

This was no 90mph gust

[wyeaster]

[Core Shot]

132 gusting to 165mph is pretty gnarly

2-8-2017 Mount Coffin 15 data 10870'

Date Time Battery Air RH Wind Wind Max
Temp Speed Dir Gust
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02/07 18:00 12.7 22 96 132 274 159
02/07 17:45 12.7 22 96 132 270 165
02/07 17:30 12.7 22 96 122 271 161
02/07 17:15 12.8 22 96 108 269 151
02/07 17:00 12.8 22 96 108 268 140
02/07 16:45 12.8 22 96 102 269 133
02/07 16:30 12.8 23 96 96 271 120
02/07 16:15 12.9 23 96 88 267 110
02/07 16:00 12.9 23 96 85 270 101
02/07 15:45 12.8 23 96 86 273 109
02/07 15:30 12.9 23 96 86 272 108
02/07 15:15 12.8 23 96 83 274 109
02/07 15:00 12.8 22 96 74 273 102
02/07 14:45 12.7 22 96 73 273 99
02/07 14:30 12.7 22 96 67 266 96
02/07 14:15 12.7 22 95 65 264 88
02/07 14:00 12.7 21 95 67 260 81
02/07 13:45 12.7 21 95 73 261 94
02/07 13:30 12.7 21 95 68 257 89
02/07 13:15 12.7 21 95 65 256 92
02/07 13:00 12.7 21 95 53 247 83
02/07 12:45 12.7 20 95 41 245 71
02/07 12:30 12.7 20 95 1 242 50

Nothing like that at the summit though

Jackson Hole Summit 15 minute data 10450'

Date Time Air Wind Wind Max
Temp Speed Dir Gust
Summit T5 T5 T5
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02/07 18:00 23 39 244 65
02/07 17:45 23 37 243 65
02/07 17:30 23 46 236 75
02/07 17:15 23 41 242 68
02/07 17:00 22 38 243 62
02/07 16:45 22 40 246 61
02/07 16:30 21 38 241 59
02/07 16:15 21 39 237 58
02/07 16:00 21 39 239 59