It sounds like we will be losing power for a few days

Lc jones said:
May I ask you the name of the newspaper? I have been unable to contact my in-laws who live in that area and that info could help me help them. Thanks
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It was the national news on television........sorry!

Maybe "google" it ?
 

I'm getting into this thread a little late, but I hope all that are affected by shutdown come through this OK. I listened to a story on the radio yesterday while driving home from work that quoted a PG&E official (didn't catch the name) as saying that the shut was "industry best practice". I have never lived in California before but I've never heard of shutting down power to that many people for so long as "Industry best practice". It sounds to me as if they are trying to protect themselves by using catch phrases that sound official.

It's so ironic that you all are worrying about dry conditions and fire in your area while I am worrying about continued flood conditions and almost constant rain in my area. We are experiencing unheard of river levels for this time of year here in the north central and it will keep up like this all winter. I wish we could somehow pipe this water down to you and relieve us of both our problems.
 
Power is being shut off to nearly 800,000 Pacific Gas & Electric customers in Northern California due to the threat of wildfires, and in some areas, officials declared emergencies and curfews to deal with the blackouts.

A state of emergency was declared for Santa Clara County as the area prepared for additional outages on Wednesday, according to KRON-TV. Meanwhile, in the city of Morgan Hill, a curfew was in place from 7 p.m. Wednesday night until 6:30 a.m. Thursday as authorities worked to reduce the possibility of crime in blackout areas, according to the Associated Press.

Driving is permitted during the curfew in the city of about 45,000, the report added.

Schools and universities were closed in some areas and residents stocked up on groceries, batteries and gas ahead of the blackouts, which PG&E said could last as long as five days.


https://weather.com/news/news/2019-10-09-california-power-outages-wildfire-threat
 
Mrs.R, hope you're doing okay, that a long time to be without power, those fires are devastating though. You've been through so much already. :(
 
Were the pre-emptive power shut-off's, in the same areas, that now do have actual, spreading fires, and mandatory evacuations?
Or is it different areas, I am wondering?

I do not think I have lived in an area with such low air humidity as those areas, which is the added factor , together with the winds, and dry conditions.
 
Bonnie said:
From that article, it sound like the power was shut off.

And there are also other fires now in Southern California, away from those outages.
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Near Los Angeles ..
A wildfire exploded overnight in Southern California, burning dozens of homes and prompting mandatory evacuations. High winds driving the flames were expected to last for hours.

The fire started Thursday night in Sylmar, northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Fueled by dry conditions and wind gusts of up to 70 mph, the Saddleridge Fire had consumed more than 4,700 acres by 7:30 a.m. Friday, fire officials said.
It's one of eight active wildfires burning in California days after power was shut off to hundreds of thousands of people in an effort to prevent fires. The Saddleridge Fire broke out after 9 p.m. along the 210 Freeway and jumped the highway.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/califo...-santa-ana-high-winds-evacuations-2019-10-11/
 
Bonnie said:
Near Los Angeles ..
A wildfire exploded overnight in Southern California, burning dozens of homes and prompting mandatory evacuations. High winds driving the flames were expected to last for hours.

The fire started Thursday night in Sylmar, northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Fueled by dry conditions and wind gusts of up to 70 mph, the Saddleridge Fire had consumed more than 4,700 acres by 7:30 a.m. Friday, fire officials said.
It's one of eight active wildfires burning in California days after power was shut off to hundreds of thousands of people in an effort to prevent fires. The Saddleridge Fire broke out after 9 p.m. along the 210 Freeway and jumped the highway.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/califo...-santa-ana-high-winds-evacuations-2019-10-11/
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This fire is quite near us. We were under voluntary evac orders for several hours overnight. Wind is unpredictable so we remain on high alert and are packing up to leave if the winds shift back our way.
 
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This is the view of LA from a friend's back yard
 
We spoke to mom and dad and they are fine the retirement community that they live in banded together and the power was kept on for them as there are quite a few residents living there and it would’ve been a disaster if their power had been turned off. They live in Fairfield in the Paradise Valley community.
 
Uptosnuff said:
I'm getting into this thread a little late, but I hope all that are affected by shutdown come through this OK. I listened to a story on the radio yesterday while driving home from work that quoted a PG&E official (didn't catch the name) as saying that the shut was "industry best practice". I have never lived in California before but I've never heard of shutting down power to that many people for so long as "Industry best practice". It sounds to me as if they are trying to protect themselves by using catch phrases that sound official.

It's so ironic that you all are worrying about dry conditions and fire in your area while I am worrying about continued flood conditions and almost constant rain in my area. We are experiencing unheard of river levels for this time of year here in the north central and it will keep up like this all winter. I wish we could somehow pipe this water down to you and relieve us of both our problems.
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Yep, and this is in Nebraska and not Texas. Where in the country can you live where mother nature isn't ever a "mother"?!
 
It's no fun living without power....We went through hurricane Opal without power for a week.

If we had not had a camper to stay in with a generator we would never have survived the heat.
 

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