Hurricane remnant pounds Mesquite Hurricane remnant pounds Mesquite Check out this story on thespectrum.com: http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/mesquite/2014/09/08/hurricane-remnant-pounds-mesquite/15313477/ Rampaging rains spawned by the remnant of Hurricane Norbert blasted Southern Nevada on Monday, flooding northeast Clark County, including Mesquite and Interstate 15 and was believed to be responsible for causing a system-wide power failure in all areas served by the Overton Power District. Mendes Cooper, OPD general manager, blamed NV Energy for the local power outage and said he couldn't link it to the storm.