Oh goodness, I think we may be in for a tough few days. Our California electrical power company, Pacific Gas & Electric, says they are planning a probable power shutdown for most of the Bay Area. We are out in the country, where fire danger is high, so the chances our area will be targeted is high. This is a safety precaution they are taking to try to prevent devastating fires such as the ones in Santa Rosa and Paradise in 2017 and 2018.
They have notified all customers that effective Wednesday, October 9 we are likely to be without electricity for an unknown number of days. I am writing this on the 7th, so there are still many unknowns. When you read this on the 10th, I may be incommunicado due to having no computer access.
We have been advised to stock up on non-perishable food, bottled water, flashlights, batteries, and other supplies. We should get cash since ATMs won't work and credit card machines will be inoperable. We need to gas up our cars. And those of us with electronic garage door openers may want to leave our cars out so we can access them. Now that is good thinking. Last time our power went out I was unable to get my car out and was really stuck for the duration of the outage.
i think I am good, except for the cash. Oh well, I will just hunker down and stay put until it comes back on. It is kind of boring not to have electricity, but I have my Kindle charged up so there will be some entertainment. I am sure to get sick of granola bars and peanut butter and jelly, but my son in law is a whiz at the bbq grill, so there is always that to fall back on as well.
Wish me luck!
48 responses to “Power Shutdown”
It might be time to think about getting a generator.
I understand being on the side of caution. . .but unless you never open your refrigerator there is bound to be food loss without electricity.
We have had diabetic dogs and my husband used insulin. . . without our generator to run the essentials (the fridge) I don’t know what we would do in an extended power outage.
Guess there will be lots of time for reading outside and handwork.
Hope you make/made it through with minimal issues.
It might be time to think about getting a generator.
I understand being on the side of caution. . .but unless you never open your refrigerator there is bound to be food loss without electricity.
We have had diabetic dogs and my husband used insulin. . . without our generator to run the essentials (the fridge) I don’t know what we would do in an extended power outage.
Guess there will be lots of time for reading outside and handwork.
Hope you make/made it through with minimal issues.
It might be time to think about getting a generator.
I understand being on the side of caution. . .but unless you never open your refrigerator there is bound to be food loss without electricity.
We have had diabetic dogs and my husband used insulin. . . without our generator to run the essentials (the fridge) I don’t know what we would do in an extended power outage.
Guess there will be lots of time for reading outside and handwork.
Hope you make/made it through with minimal issues.
Will be thinking of you and pray it is short lived. Anything you endure is better than the devastation of a fire.
Will be thinking of you and pray it is short lived. Anything you endure is better than the devastation of a fire.
Will be thinking of you and pray it is short lived. Anything you endure is better than the devastation of a fire.
I was wondering if you would be effected by the power getting turned off in CA. I sure hope this is a very temporary and short lived situation. I know you’ll bear it with grace and goodwill and understanding, but being without power for many days would be a trial to me. Sending best wishes your way!
I was wondering if you would be effected by the power getting turned off in CA. I sure hope this is a very temporary and short lived situation. I know you’ll bear it with grace and goodwill and understanding, but being without power for many days would be a trial to me. Sending best wishes your way!
I was wondering if you would be effected by the power getting turned off in CA. I sure hope this is a very temporary and short lived situation. I know you’ll bear it with grace and goodwill and understanding, but being without power for many days would be a trial to me. Sending best wishes your way!
We have a generator so we have to have a stock of gassoline to keep it going during power outages. It keeps our frozen food frozen, so that’s good.
Good luck to you and all in hte Bay area. May there be no fires.
Hugs!
We have a generator so we have to have a stock of gassoline to keep it going during power outages. It keeps our frozen food frozen, so that’s good.
Good luck to you and all in hte Bay area. May there be no fires.
Hugs!
We have a generator so we have to have a stock of gassoline to keep it going during power outages. It keeps our frozen food frozen, so that’s good.
Good luck to you and all in hte Bay area. May there be no fires.
Hugs!
Hope the impact on you is minimal. We are under red flag warnings even now, but this is ridiculous. PG&E sounds like our power company only doing the minimum of maintenance and not stringing new line when they should in a preventive way so this isn’t necessary in all but the worst conditions. Must keep those dividends up. Ugh. Sending good thoughts.
Hope the impact on you is minimal. We are under red flag warnings even now, but this is ridiculous. PG&E sounds like our power company only doing the minimum of maintenance and not stringing new line when they should in a preventive way so this isn’t necessary in all but the worst conditions. Must keep those dividends up. Ugh. Sending good thoughts.
Hope the impact on you is minimal. We are under red flag warnings even now, but this is ridiculous. PG&E sounds like our power company only doing the minimum of maintenance and not stringing new line when they should in a preventive way so this isn’t necessary in all but the worst conditions. Must keep those dividends up. Ugh. Sending good thoughts.
Echoing another commenter, anything to avoid a fire will be worth the discomfort of no electricity. It’s not fun but seems necessary right now & you sound like you’re up to the challenge. Sending the good thoughts to everyone affected.
Echoing another commenter, anything to avoid a fire will be worth the discomfort of no electricity. It’s not fun but seems necessary right now & you sound like you’re up to the challenge. Sending the good thoughts to everyone affected.
Echoing another commenter, anything to avoid a fire will be worth the discomfort of no electricity. It’s not fun but seems necessary right now & you sound like you’re up to the challenge. Sending the good thoughts to everyone affected.
I get it. Sounds like some hurricanes I’ve been through. I’m a Florida native and we have gone through days of power outages. Not fun. Glad you had advance warning to get some things together. After a while, I learned to set up some hand sewing or doing the cutting on a new project to relax. I’ve learned that taking a break from the business was nice…but not as nice as watching the light come back on!!
I get it. Sounds like some hurricanes I’ve been through. I’m a Florida native and we have gone through days of power outages. Not fun. Glad you had advance warning to get some things together. After a while, I learned to set up some hand sewing or doing the cutting on a new project to relax. I’ve learned that taking a break from the business was nice…but not as nice as watching the light come back on!!
I get it. Sounds like some hurricanes I’ve been through. I’m a Florida native and we have gone through days of power outages. Not fun. Glad you had advance warning to get some things together. After a while, I learned to set up some hand sewing or doing the cutting on a new project to relax. I’ve learned that taking a break from the business was nice…but not as nice as watching the light come back on!!
I am in So Cal. Hoping all of the state has a safer and quieter fire season this year. We always pull our cars out of the garage if there is an earthquake. Just in case. Hope things are going easy for you.
I am in So Cal. Hoping all of the state has a safer and quieter fire season this year. We always pull our cars out of the garage if there is an earthquake. Just in case. Hope things are going easy for you.
I am in So Cal. Hoping all of the state has a safer and quieter fire season this year. We always pull our cars out of the garage if there is an earthquake. Just in case. Hope things are going easy for you.
My daughter in Northern California had no power from early Wednesday (12:30) AM to about 6:30 PM last night – though the projected wind event did not occur.
I’m in the Southern California mountains and we too may have our power cut by Edison due to the projected wind event today and tomorrow.
One of my best investments was a full house generator about ten years ago as we do have power outages during the winter snow and rain events.
Good luck and stay safe.
My daughter in Northern California had no power from early Wednesday (12:30) AM to about 6:30 PM last night – though the projected wind event did not occur.
I’m in the Southern California mountains and we too may have our power cut by Edison due to the projected wind event today and tomorrow.
One of my best investments was a full house generator about ten years ago as we do have power outages during the winter snow and rain events.
Good luck and stay safe.
My daughter in Northern California had no power from early Wednesday (12:30) AM to about 6:30 PM last night – though the projected wind event did not occur.
I’m in the Southern California mountains and we too may have our power cut by Edison due to the projected wind event today and tomorrow.
One of my best investments was a full house generator about ten years ago as we do have power outages during the winter snow and rain events.
Good luck and stay safe.
I hope for your sake the outages are short. Regarding your garage door opener, we have one but in a power outage, we can open the door manually from the inside (lift up the door and slide it the way you would if you didn’t have a power opener, like in the “olden days”) and it does not require amazing strength.
I hope for your sake the outages are short. Regarding your garage door opener, we have one but in a power outage, we can open the door manually from the inside (lift up the door and slide it the way you would if you didn’t have a power opener, like in the “olden days”) and it does not require amazing strength.
I hope for your sake the outages are short. Regarding your garage door opener, we have one but in a power outage, we can open the door manually from the inside (lift up the door and slide it the way you would if you didn’t have a power opener, like in the “olden days”) and it does not require amazing strength.
Wish you good luck! And perhaps your governments needs to invest more money in power lines instead of new weapons and stupid walls;-)
Wish you good luck! And perhaps your governments needs to invest more money in power lines instead of new weapons and stupid walls;-)
Wish you good luck! And perhaps your governments needs to invest more money in power lines instead of new weapons and stupid walls;-)
yep. the day time won’t be bad for you because you can still read and do things around the house…you can even work on that embroidery while on the porch. ;p it will be at night that will suck. see you on the other side…..
yep. the day time won’t be bad for you because you can still read and do things around the house…you can even work on that embroidery while on the porch. ;p it will be at night that will suck. see you on the other side…..
yep. the day time won’t be bad for you because you can still read and do things around the house…you can even work on that embroidery while on the porch. ;p it will be at night that will suck. see you on the other side…..
We’ll see you on the other side! All the best for a quick return…
We’ll see you on the other side! All the best for a quick return…
We’ll see you on the other side! All the best for a quick return…
Your garage door should have a rope with a red handle. Just pull on that and it will release the locks and you can put the garage door up like it was a manual door.
Your garage door should have a rope with a red handle. Just pull on that and it will release the locks and you can put the garage door up like it was a manual door.
Your garage door should have a rope with a red handle. Just pull on that and it will release the locks and you can put the garage door up like it was a manual door.
How do the local businesses operate? I worked at a bank, and when the power was off, we were pretty useless. Hope it does not last too long.
How do the local businesses operate? I worked at a bank, and when the power was off, we were pretty useless. Hope it does not last too long.
How do the local businesses operate? I worked at a bank, and when the power was off, we were pretty useless. Hope it does not last too long.
I don’t understand why Hildy would need to comment about “your government” and “new weapons and stupid walls’. Let’s please keep politics off of Nichole’s page. Especially if you don’t live in this country. Good luck Nicole. I hope this time goes quickly.
I don’t understand why Hildy would need to comment about “your government” and “new weapons and stupid walls’. Let’s please keep politics off of Nichole’s page. Especially if you don’t live in this country. Good luck Nicole. I hope this time goes quickly.
I don’t understand why Hildy would need to comment about “your government” and “new weapons and stupid walls’. Let’s please keep politics off of Nichole’s page. Especially if you don’t live in this country. Good luck Nicole. I hope this time goes quickly.