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Auggie

(31,764 posts)
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 06:18 PM Oct 2020

PG&E power shut-offs possible Sunday and Monday (Oct 11-12) in northern California

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said Thursday that fire-prevention power outages were possible on Sunday and Monday in northeastern California and parts of the Sierra foothills.

To see regions that may be affected, click here: https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/emergency-preparedness/natural-disaster/wildfires/psps-weather-map.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_weather

The utility issued a public safety power shut-off “watch” for those regions, meaning that outages are not certain but the weather indicates that they may be necessary. The goal of the outages is to prevent power infrastructure damaged by winds from sparking wildfires.

None of the nine Bay Area counties are included in the watch. PG&E said the main areas of concern are “the eastern portion of Tehama county as well as Butte, Plumas, Yuba and Sierra counties.”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/PG-E-power-shut-offs-possible-Sunday-and-Monday-15632386.php

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PG&E power shut-offs possible Sunday and Monday (Oct 11-12) in northern California (Original Post) Auggie Oct 2020 OP
here goes tuolumne county out again. AllaN01Bear Oct 2020 #1
UPDATE (10-9-20): PG&E expects no power shut-offs Sunday and Monday in northern California Auggie Oct 2020 #2

AllaN01Bear

(22,913 posts)
1. here goes tuolumne county out again.
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 06:24 PM
Oct 2020

Last edited Thu Oct 8, 2020, 07:43 PM - Edit history (3)

yet mrain and those countys are not on the list again and why always on the weekend.
when we had the rolling blackouts those counties never got shut off . i spent 60 dollars restocking my refer. i dont have that kind of monies to do it all the time . this time i am preped and have a lot of canned goods that dont need cooking and a battery for a light and i bough a portable light bulb for the bed room got one at 99c stores cheep .https://www.lampsplus.com/products/handy-lamp-2-inchw-cordless-portable-led-light-bulbs-set-of-4__82x34.html may get another . have powdered milk for breakfast etc.

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