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10-09-2019 12:08 PM
Our entire county's electric grid is really shaky and in need of repair. People need to prepare for emergencies that will just HAPPEN and there will be no power.... the public is not being warned.
10-09-2019 12:49 PM
Update: We still have power this a.m. now being told ours goes off at 4 p.m. today and now up to 7 days not 5 as previously told yesterday.
Our gas stations here in town closed out of gas - we are en route now trying to stock up with bottled water, get cash from ATM as the stores - if open - will take cash.
No info coming from PG&E their web site not working so just playing it by ear and hopefully not as bad as news stations saying - all be over soon!
An aside: My Rugby World Cup - England v France - game I paid $30 to watch this Friday just been called off due to typhoon heading for Tokyo - where games being played - so compared to a typhoon no power a winner lol.
10-09-2019 01:07 PM
@dulwich : Where do you live in CA?
10-09-2019 01:21 PM
@Anonymous032819 wrote:
@Tyak wrote:Wasn't it the power company that started one of the disastrous fires about a year or so ago? Shutting off power like that sounds a little strange to me.
Not really.
You see, durring strong winds, one of PG&E's lines caused the devestating firestorm that caused the town of Paradise to be burned off of the map.
Those same winds are being forcasted, and PG&E is taking the preventative measure of shutting off power, so that the same thing doesn't happen again.
Get it?
No, afraid I don't get it. Why don't we hear of this problem elsewhere?
10-09-2019 02:45 PM
10-09-2019 04:04 PM
@SeaMaiden wrote:Our entire county's electric grid is really shaky and in need of repair. People need to prepare for emergencies that will just HAPPEN and there will be no power.... the public is not being warned.
the country has been warned.....
this is the reason why some candidates and parties have a large platform regarding infrastructure issues. you just have to be willing to listen and believe.
10-09-2019 05:15 PM
Having to go without power for 5 days is bad enough when it's caused by storms, but when the power company is purposely doing this it's terrible. I hope whatever they are doing takes less than 5 days, even a couple hours is hard to handle. Good luck to those affected!
What are businesses supposed to do? Going for 5 days without being able to operate is ridiculous. Small businesses need to be functioning daily.
I don't think the power company thought this issue through. They need to go back to the drawing board.
10-09-2019 05:17 PM
@dulwich Didn't believe it at first. Then saw it all over the news. Crazy? Nuts? California!!!!!
10-09-2019 05:44 PM
as someone with friends who were affected by horrendous LA Malibu fires last year, i respect PG&E's putting safety first. it was downright scary here when a spark was picked up by the winds and landed in a whole new neighborhood, wrecking homes and lives. it happened too often and almost involved the San Fernando Valley in a major way. that would have been a mega-disaster.
10-09-2019 06:45 PM
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