Possible power outage for next two days

Mikey081057

They don't need to bury the power lines.... they need to bury the people in power....

steveinaz

In other news, the other 49 states have power. LOL

Mikey081057

steveinaz wrote: »

In other news, the other 49 states have power. LOL

Even West Virginia !

Tony M

I'm sure glad to have been born when A/C was just invented along with refrigerators and ice trays. I remember NO A/C at all when I was younger. I rarely stayed indoors.

When we have power outages here in NC., I look back to those days and wonder how my parents generation handled it and then the generation before them...It sure is tough in these humid states!

I do know a breeze through the open window helps one to fall asleep if your head is right there.

Also to not have lights is very bad. But I know a guy who went to bed when it got dark. He uses a fan in the summer. He's a REAL frugal guy from the past! He's the only one I know that lives like that, that doesn't have to at all. But he's happy! He's about 70 now I guess and living in Amsterdam by now.

To not have electricity for a couple or 3 days is something that anybody in the USA should NOT have to experience. I think of the homeless right now. People with well pumps, no water! That's got to suck!

I wish all those that have to go through this hardship all the best. I saw on TV the food that people had move to other towns or just throw away a couple or more weeks ago. Restaurants shutting down for 2 or 3 days is devastating to them!

All affected by the power shut-downs...I wish you the best.

mhardy6647

Our ol' neighborhood in Milpitas had underground AC power lines. Houses were built ca. 1978.

afterburnt

Who's to blame? We will never know. There's big big money dictating what you will and will not know.

afterburnt

mhardy6647 wrote: »

Our ol' neighborhood in Milpitas had underground AC power lines. Houses were built ca. 1978.

My guess is this is shutting down transmition more than local distribution

BlueFox

Power still on. Keep fingers crossed.

F1nut

Good luck Bud

Dennis Gardner

If my power company in Oklahoma had to cut power every time the winds blows, my electric bill would be around $7.00 for the whole year.

BlueFox

So far no issues. Can’t comment on other areas, but I assume it sucks if their power is off. The only good thing from this is we will end up with a better power system that is not profit driven. Climate change has s c r e w e d up the environment, and we need to adapt.

mhardy6647

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mhardy6647 wrote: »

Our ol' neighborhood in Milpitas had underground AC power lines. Houses were built ca. 1978.

My guess is this is shutting down transmition more than local distribution

Yes, of course, I just meant that it's surprising that, in 2019, there's any above-ground power left in CA -- at least, in the 'civilized' regions.

We moved back East in 1991... that's a while ago. 237 wasn't even all a freeway in those days.

All this being said, the earthquake situation in the Bay Area is probably a disincentive for burying major utilities. Our house in Milpitas was about a tenth of a mile from the Hayward Fault.

sucks2beme

I've dealt with public and private power.
The best one was a co-operative.
No politics, no Corp greed. But members needed to
Get involved.

Mikey081057

We have a co-op here in Lee County FL (LCEC) rates are low service is fine. 8.5 cents per kwh for first thousand kwh. Every year FP&L tries to take them over but never seems to get the votes.

Jstas

This is really sad and I don't envy you, BlueFox, it sucks hard core.

What also sucks is that a problem like this was allowed to get to this point in the first place and now, everybody just wants to point fingers and throw petty fits instead of coming together and solving the problem.

motorstereo

tonyb

motorstereo wrote: »

LOL, now that's funny. Bud has electricity/weed/wine and a kick butt stereo....he should be picking up chicks like crazy.

nooshinjohn

He’s SOL on that front because he doesn’t have a Ferrari, Lambo, or a Porsche... I wont speculate on the man’s other junk. I like Bud, and that would not be right.

mhardy6647

tonyb wrote: »

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LOL, now that's funny. Bud has electricity/weed/wine and...

Speaking of LOL George -- puts me to mind of a great Feat song

https://youtu.be/RNqv85coyTw

steveinaz

BlueFox wrote: »

The only good thing from this is we will end up with a better power system that is not profit driven. Climate change has s c r e w e d up the environment, and we need to adapt.

What are you blabbering about? LOL

Mikey081057

BlueFox wrote: »

Since power might be shutoff Saturday night (tonight) I decided to play it safe. So, while it is now 12:44PM Saturday, I haven’t been to bed yet for Friday. If the power is shutoff tonight I should sleep through it.

That's the spirit when they give you lemons... make lemon meringue pie.... just don't sleep thru the sirens.

joecoulson

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motorstereo wrote: »

LOL, now that's funny. Bud has electricity/weed/wine and a kick butt stereo....he should be picking up chicks like crazy.

Then they hear MM or Gaga and run the other way...
Lol! J.k Bud. I’m just jealous.

In seriousness I do hope all you cats out there in CA stay safe. @Clipdat sent me some very scary video from out there.

mhardy6647

I heard that there are 2.3 million without power in CA now. That's a big deal, even in a state as populous as CA.


Near the Carquinez Bridge

Interesting times.

Remember Day of the Locust?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Locust
(albeit referring to Southern rather than Northern CA)

BlueFox

Yes, it is a big mess. Fortunately, the SF Bay Area is fire free now, but North and South of us the fires are intense. Interestingly, it appears two fires were started by PG&E power lines that had not been shutdown. Good luck to all affected.

joecoulson

Glad you are safe Bud.
Hope all others on here who live in the vicinity of the fires take care.
That’s serious business. We had the Gatlinburg TN fire hit just above us here and the video coming out of there of folks trying to leave and getting trapped were very scary.

Clipdat

BlueFox wrote: »

Fortunately, the SF Bay Area is fire free now

Nope.

Clipdat

LATEST: Oct. 28, 11:30 a.m.: PG&E equipment may have sparked multiple weekend fires

Reports issued by PG&E indicate their equipment may have been responsible for two fires that burned over the weekend.

The electrical incident reports, released by the California Public Utilities Commission on Monday, indicate two fires in Lafayette started at about the same time as a PG&E transformer malfunctioned and a power pole fell over. A worker cited in PG&E's report said they were told by firefighters that contact between a power line and a communication line may have sparked a fire.

A Contra Costa Fire Protection District spokesman said calls came in 3 p.m. for a fire near Highway 24 at Pleasant Hill Road and a fire on the north side of Highway 24 at Camino Diablo. The Lafayette Tennis Club building was destroyed in one blaze. A home's roof was damaged and one outbuilding also suffered fire damage.

Power was not shut off in the area at the time of the fires, The Chronicle reports.

nooshinjohn

And in other news, California to pass legislation banning the use of electricity over safety concerns...



Completely made up of course, but I could see the knuckleheads in Sacramento giving it some thought...

tonyb

How's the fire situation by you John ? Seems a new one pops up every day out there.

nooshinjohn

So far, so good... just some smoke from time to time. Where we are at, the only fire risk we have is if something were to happen to the house itself...