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Strange reporting that people were "believed" to have been blacked out. We lost power yesterday in Sunnyvale from 5-9pm. Very interested in more info on the "hu
by edge17 6y ago
Strange reporting that people were "believed" to have been blacked out. We lost power yesterday in Sunnyvale from 5-9pm. Very interested in more info on the "hundreds of thousands" because it seems like the cuts were fairly limited. There was enough power to keep the fridge running but thats about it.
- chaostheory 6y agoLost power in the north peninsula from 9pm-12am. A warning would have been nice. We signed up for notifications via text, and we didn’t receive any.
- edge17 6y agoYup, same. No warning. I left the house in my AC car and went out for ice cream
- jonny_eh 6y agoDiscounted ice cream due to the power loss?
- jeffbee 6y agoPG&E isn't going to notify you because they aren't making the call. If you want notifications, install the CAISO mobile app, "ISO Today" on iOS. I got notifications from that app yesterday hours in advance of the outage.
- lumost 6y agoI find it strange that a town with multiple high-tech fortune 500's can't power itself. This begs several questions on adequate management of taxation at the local level, and corporate interest in their own community's ability to support them.
- redis_mlc 6y agoUS towns are generally not in the power business. In the Bay Area, areas are served by PG&E. One city (I believe Cupertino) has a competing utility. Note that both prioritize emergency services like hospitals over residential circuits or DCs. I live in the area, and I don't see a big deal over annual mid-summer blackouts. Though you should be able to get an SMS so you know when to leave your fridge and freezer closed.