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News: Power outage strikes Knott's

Posted at 6:01 PM EDT (2201 GMT)

Aug. 5th, 2004 -- A large power outage hit over 100,000 customers in Orange County yesterday afternoon. One such affected customer was Knotts Berry Farm.

The lack of power left the park's rides inoperative, stranding cars and trains on lift hills. Park employees began immediately escorting stuck visitors off of the rides. Power was restored to Knott's Berry Farm after about twenty minutes.

In addition to affecting Knott's, the power outage also caused problems in Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Fullerton, and Westminster. It is still unclear as to what may have caused the loss of power.

For additional information and pictures of the incident, visit ABC7.com

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sfft_2108 Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 5141 View Park/Ride Count	That must of sucked to be stuck on a ride. Glad everything went well.
8/5/2004 6:12 PM
Pcw Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1801 View Park/Ride Count	Hope its not signs of another blackout!
8/5/2004 6:32 PM
bk2004 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7743 View Park/Ride Count	Glad no one was hurt and everything went well. Hope this doesn't happen any time soon again.
8/5/2004 11:30 PM
coasterlove Joined: May 2001 Posts: 6479 View Park/Ride Count	One thing I can't understand with parks and power outages. Why can't they have back up generators to give them enough power to fun some of their rides for a few more minutes just to get any trains off the lift of coasters. After all the rides are down from the lift and the trains back safely into the station, turn off the generators and wait for the power to come back on. I'm sure that it wouldn't be extremely expensive compared to all the money spent on everything else that goes into a park. Keep in mind, I'm only talking about enough power to keep some of the coasters running for a few minutes, NOT the entire park for an extended amount of time.
8/10/2004 4:41 AM
Magnum Robert Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3196 View Park/Ride Count	^ As far as I know, most rides do have either a backup generator, or winch of sorts.
8/13/2004 3:45 PM

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