City of Napa CURRENT STATUS 8pm Aug 24, 2014 A reported 6.1 earthquake hit the North Bay around 3:20am today. The USGS now believes the quake was on the West Napa Fault. The South Napa Quake epicenter was between Napa and American Canyon. The City of Napa declared a local emergency at 7:59am and the Governor declared a state of emergency as well. Status as of 8:00 pm: WATER SUPPLY: If you lost water service completely for any period of time after today’s earthquake, the City of Napa advises you to use one of these three options: • Use bottled water for drinking and cooking • Boil tap water for one full minute before use for drinking or cooking • Use water for drinking and cooking from one of the water stations set up by the City, on Pearl Street one block west of Main, or at the Las Flores Center on Linda Vista Avenue All tap water remains safe for bathing and other household uses. If you water appears cloudy but you did not lose service, let the tap run until the sediment clears. Call 707-257-9544 with questions. The Water Division is staffing phones 24 hours a day while repairs are made. Once all the broken water lines (60 estimated) are repaired and City water has been restored and tested, the City will rescind this advisory notice. This notice is provided by the City of Napa (System No. 2810003) in collaboration with the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water. STREET CLOSURES: The closure of streets in downtown Napa overnight and into Monday Aug 25 will include First, Second and Third Streets from Seminary to Soscol and Main Street from Third to Clinton Streets due to damaged structures. The public should stay out of these areas and allow contractors to begin needed repairs and business persons to spend Monday cleaning up. No other streets are closed in these areas at this time. GAS LINES: PG&E crews have checked out approximately 100 reports of gas line leaks and all have been resolved. There are no known gas leaks at this time. ELECTRICAL SERVICE: PG&E reports that less than 10,000 customers are without electrical service now. Service will be returned to most of these customers sometime this evening, with all restored by early Monday afternoon. STRUCTURES DAMAGED: 33 buildings in the City have been red-tagged as uninhabitable due to damage from the quake. One of these is the Napa Senior Center which will be closed until further notice. A list of these structures is posted at cityofnapa.org. If you believe a City inspector should come by your property to inspect for safety concerns call 707-258-7829 and follow the instructions. BRIDGES: All City bridges have been inspected and are safe and remain in use. SHELTERS: The Red Cross evacuation center is in operation at the Crosswalk Community Church on First Street west of Highway 29. SCHOOL CLOSURES: All Napa Valley Unified School District campuses will be closed on Monday Aug. 25. Justin Siena High School will also be closed. Napa Valley College will remain open for classes and activities. Drop boxes for debris have placed at Napa High, Silverado Middle School, Harvest Middle School, and at El Centro, Northwood, Alta Heights and Browns Valley Elementary schools for residents and business doing cleanup. Beginning tomorrow, 20 to 30 OES building inspectors will beat work in Napa, and 10 crews will work on water line repairs using regional mutual aid. All water line repairs can be completed by Wednesday or Thursday at the latest.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 03:17:50 +0000