Santa Ana winds. Typical for this time of year. I've lived in California most of my life. We used to wear our rain ponchos and spread them out so that we could fly when we were kids and the Santa Anas ( aka Santanas) blew. Oh, the joy of hovering 4 inches off the ground for 5 seconds!

There is still a lot of old infrastructure. The winds blow down powerlines and wind blown tree branches bang on transformers until they blow. PGE and SoCal Edison has been hit hard with lawsuits because of the fires these often start. So now the power companies turn off power in these areas during high winds.

Santa Ana winds. Typical for this time of year. I've lived in California most of my life. We used to wear our rain ponchos and spread them out so that we could fly when we were kids and the Santa Anas ( aka Santanas) blew. Oh, the joy of hovering 4 inches off the ground for 5 seconds!