we had 8 days & no power, phones, cable/internet,
or water in winter of 2017-2018 IIRC
dead in the middle of 1st part of Jan.
winter, cold for here 18*-22*f daylight,
down to single digits in the evening
fallen or broken trees,
power co. not properly trimmed &/or maintained
caused/took out most of it, they get 10's of millions to do it
it was all over up here, not just my neighborhood
I had to get water out of some depression thru the Ice,
just to dump into the toilets to flush, every day (gross)
we did have bottled water for cooking & drinking
had frozen pipes, all over the place, all around Us
we burned 'a cord of wood' it seemed like, just to get thru it
I had to cook on the wood stove too, no biggy there
sort of old school ****
we didn't lose much food, I acted quickly
IIRC they gave US like $25 off our next PG&E bill
Thanks to the ******** at PG&E
we do have a 3500 watt gas generator,
up in the mountains or any rural area it's smart to own a generator
& be prepared for power outages
for the fridge, microwave & maybe a couple lights
runs for about 12-14hrs on a gal.
we have a power outage almost all years or biannually
2 or more times a year or more\sometime even more
some is truly stupid **** like they shut it down
for wind
when there is none or for other "alleged" fire hazards
total paranoia on their part
because they got sued big-time for all the fires they caused or
complicit/responsible or their equipment started them
in last big fire season, where PG&E equipment "allegedly" had started fires
burned down a couple towns, left 100's if not 1000's homeless
people died & without any homes, personal belongings or cars, pets etc.
Rim Fire in Yosemite was a really bad one
so was the one up by Dardenelle Res. by Sonora Pass
that's PG&E's owned water rights
supposed to be taken care of, maintained by PG&E
it's still not open today, blackened burned out **** all over
thank goodness it's been at a min. a ridge away from where I am
