Shut me down if old.
Update: Looks like the alerts have been sent out earlier this morning, as I received mine at 4am.
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PG&E may cut power to 30 counties in NorCal for 'severe wind event, Alerts sent out at 4am for tomorrow
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Update: Looks like the alerts have been sent out earlier this morning, as I received mine at 4am.
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tbh probably has to do more with their squeamishness over more fire damage liability than any real threat to safety.
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It's definitely more about preventing more money that will be sunk in to trying to battle more fires, and more lawsuits, so it's a financially smart play from their perspective.
Of course. I guess this prevention is better than none. They did obliterate an entire town >_>
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Better safe than sorry will be the approach moving forward.
I'll definitely make sure to have all my shit charged up before then though in preparation.
Luckily I have so many devices, at the very least I won't be bored if it does happen, lol.
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Well, when I type in my addess it says I'm not impacted but on the map the area where Im located is BARELY inside the line so... I know how my luck is, i'm probably impacted.
I just can't imagine going without power for up to 5 days due to their shitty infrastructure...
It's going to get high 70s - mid 80s for many of those days too. Can't even run a fan... wow. This is really their solution?
I just can't imagine going without power for up to 5 days due to their shitty infrastructure...
It's going to get high 70s - mid 80s for many of those days too. Can't even run a fan... wow. This is really their solution?
I appreacite the irony between your post, avatar, and this thread
I guess it's good I have a charcoal grill and camping stoves. I hope the outage isn't long enough to kill everything in my fridge/freezers 🙄
I mean technically my username gets some in there too if you know the reference to Tolkien's Silmarillion
Suuuuurrrreeeeeeeee.... how many Teams has Beast been a member of?
also Mandos is Tolkien's god of fate and keeper of dead souls. His Doomsman. Note he is a good guy
We just moved to Sonoma County this summer and my partner is a public information officer for the county, so we fortunately are getting a slight heads up on what to expect because PGE is being very frank with county employees and emergency preparedness staff; in stark contrast to how they're rolling out information to the general public.
The way most of their infrastructure is laid out is in these big corridors of high-power lines that provide electricity to whole counties or sections of counties, so turning off power near a more danger prone area 100 miles away is likely resulting in power getting shut off where I'm at (eastern Santa Rosa).
So then the big issue is if any damage happens to the lines either through one being downed or something crashing into it, turning on the power would likely start the type of fire they're trying to avoid, so before they can do that they have to send workers out to physically inspect every inch of line along the stretch that was turned off before turning it back on. Estimates for expected time without power range from 24hrs up to 5 days. Cities like the one I live i now are NOT prepared for a 3+ day stretch without power.
People will eat each other if a multi-day outage happens in a larger city. Plus after 6-8 hours they are saying to be prepared for cell towers to go offline as well.
PGE sent us a notice that our rates are going up actually. Hooray monopolies.
The way most of their infrastructure is laid out is in these big corridors of high-power lines that provide electricity to whole counties or sections of counties, so turning off power near a more danger prone area 100 miles away is likely resulting in power getting shut off where I'm at (eastern Santa Rosa).
So then the big issue is if any damage happens to the lines either through one being downed or something crashing into it, turning on the power would likely start the type of fire they're trying to avoid, so before they can do that they have to send workers out to physically inspect every inch of line along the stretch that was turned off before turning it back on. Estimates for expected time without power range from 24hrs up to 5 days. Cities like the one I live i now are NOT prepared for a 3+ day stretch without power.
People will eat each other if a multi-day outage happens in a larger city. Plus after 6-8 hours they are saying to be prepared for cell towers to go offline as well.
PGE sent us a notice that our rates are going up actually. Hooray monopolies.
Just got a text-
"This is an advisory message from Alameda County. You are receiving this message because it is likely that PG&E will be disconnecting power to over 35,000 residences and business in Alameda County starting early Wednesday morning, October 9th. Power is expected to be off up to five days. We encourage you to find alternative energy sources for light, charging devices and other necessities...."
"This is an advisory message from Alameda County. You are receiving this message because it is likely that PG&E will be disconnecting power to over 35,000 residences and business in Alameda County starting early Wednesday morning, October 9th. Power is expected to be off up to five days. We encourage you to find alternative energy sources for light, charging devices and other necessities...."
So there are basically area wide blackouts they had already been recommended to act on in order to stop a sparking since they seem to be slow to fix some lines. The issue is that they've had multiple years where people report 'your line looks like it's gonna go down' and they do shit all to fix it, leading to a fires.
As far as winds go, it's not fun, I'm down south so Santa Ana winds inevitably come back during the fall season and kick up mass windstorms that fuck everything up, it's no different up north. Personally I'd rather have the electric companies actually fix their infrastructure but obviously that takes time, so if it's a short blackout, I'd rather that over another Paradise fire. Our city was spared by the Thomas Fire, but I can still vividly recall watching the horizon burn overnight, shitting a brick through it all.
As far as winds go, it's not fun, I'm down south so Santa Ana winds inevitably come back during the fall season and kick up mass windstorms that fuck everything up, it's no different up north. Personally I'd rather have the electric companies actually fix their infrastructure but obviously that takes time, so if it's a short blackout, I'd rather that over another Paradise fire. Our city was spared by the Thomas Fire, but I can still vividly recall watching the horizon burn overnight, shitting a brick through it all.
Fuuuuuuuuuuck that. Good luck, NorCalEra. If I had the means, I'd lock everything up and check into a hotel out of town for a few days. I'd also never get over my food going bad in the refrigerator.
Just got a text-
"This is an advisory message from Alameda County. You are receiving this message because it is likely that PG&E will be disconnecting power to over 35,000 residences and business in Alameda County starting early Wednesday morning, October 9th. Power is expected to be off up to five days. We encourage you to find alternative energy sources for light, charging devices and other necessities...."
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"This is an advisory message from Alameda County. You are receiving this message because it is likely that PG&E will be disconnecting power to over 35,000 residences and business in Alameda County starting early Wednesday morning, October 9th. Power is expected to be off up to five days. We encourage you to find alternative energy sources for light, charging devices and other necessities...."
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I'll be moving if this is the new normal. Not worth paying what I'm paying to deal with five day power outages several times a year. I suspect many others won't either. Maybe once this starts impacting land value shit will get done.
my power went out several times over the last month already. Some were a few mins but one lasted many hours.
my power went out several times over the last month already. Some were a few mins but one lasted many hours.
Time to invest in a generator, NorCal!
Actually at this point good luck finding one on store shelves or rental places. We went 5 days without power after a tornado hit power lines nearby a few years ago, after 1 day I had enough and bought a generator and we were watching blurays that night and drinking cold beer.
Actually at this point good luck finding one on store shelves or rental places. We went 5 days without power after a tornado hit power lines nearby a few years ago, after 1 day I had enough and bought a generator and we were watching blurays that night and drinking cold beer.
Sorry I was trying to ask earlier, what city are you in? My homes in Union City / Hayward / Fremont area and haven't gotten a text yet
Yup. There it is.
Is this the first you've heard about how long you could be without power? I'm curious how Alameda County and/or PGE has been communicating it out there, especially given the population is 3x larger than Sonoma County and contains major population centers like Oakland.
Hmm, we're up in the Hayward Hills but haven't gotten anything yet. This would really, really suck if so.
My wife works in Hayward and they say she won't be affected. So we won't have power at home but she will have to go to work. How odd.
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To be fair...my wife is looking at some map with circled areas and her job location isn't circled. That being said I'm not able to load that same map on my computer at home.
Considering the insane price of electricity PG&E charges seems like y'all should have far better infrastructure.
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No worries.
Here are the two texts I got.
Since I'm in these immediate areas, probably the reason why I only got these two.
Because of my partner's job with Sonoma County, they'll be required to take shifts at the county's emergency command center, and since we've only the one car it means no escaping the power outage for us. They'll have power at work obviously, but get to come home to no power, water, etc..
And the cell phone towers getting shut off I feel is going to be the last straw for a lot of people.
That's part of it, but safety is also a big issue with forest fires.
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But there's a safety issue because they haven't fixed all of their issues yet, which is why the prevention.
It's almost like a chicken or the egg argument at this point. ;D