In addition to email invitations
from 45, offering me VIP All Access "join me backstage" at his next rally, there was also
this in yesterday’s inbox:
“This is an important
safety message from Southern California Edison. Due to forecast fire weather
conditions, Southern California Edison continues to explore a potential Public
Safety Power Shutoff .... These conditions may result in SCE turning off your
power. SCE anticipates that this may occur on Thursday, October 10, 2019 though
it may occur earlier or later depending on actual weather conditions.”.
I understand where
the energy company is coming from BUT ain’t nobody got time for this.
Especially not me, with gut issues, necessitating a freezer full of special
foods that I can’t possibly cook in advance and will undoubtedly lose.
No stove, no instant
pot, no air fryer, no television, no internet, no lights.
All I can think of is
to suck it up, boil a couple eggs, make some almond crackers, which eggs and
crackers I can turn into no cook meals with almond butter and avocados.
I’ll drive however
far out of the area I must to find a Starbucks with power for coffee AND to ensure the lack
of lighting will not interfere with my needlepoint project, I’m going to run
out today and grab a neck light.
Not looking forward
to roughing it for however long it takes for the Santa Ana Winds to pass
through and be gone. This may be the one thing that encourages me to give up my comfortable roost and eventually move out of the area.
That neck light is also a great idea for Hurricanes. I sometimes have to force myself to buy items that fall on the want instead of need side. Besides being poor, I have no idea why I am so stingy with myself. I'm definitely putting this on my research list. Shirley, I think I sent you a text that I have a new blog welcometosimple.blogspot.com. Hope you jump over and visit me.
ReplyDeleteGot it Barb, and paid your new site a visit.
DeletePacific Gas & Electric is planning to shut off power in the northern bay area and perhaps over in Mariposa county, which is just a bit north of us. It's to keep the lines from sparking during the windstorm and setting the dry brush on fire which is what happened in a couple of recent forest fires. Lots of complaints on both sides. PG&E can't win, no matter what they do.
ReplyDeletePG&E itself bears responsibility for the fires and blacking out our services isn't going to change much or, as an individual recently spoke out on the news … Blasingame said PG&E hasn't been doing its job to keep its infrastructure safe. "They haven't cleared the brush from their lines, but they want to pay dividends and give their executives money," he said. "It's a public utility — we're paying for that."
Delete"What's your message to PGE?" asked CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti.
"Do your job," Blasingame said. "Protect the public."
Been thinking about you when I hear of the dry winds and fires in southern California. Hope you are staying safe.
ReplyDeleteThanks for thinking of me. Thus far, we've been lucky. Just finished a post about it.
DeleteDoing without electricity is a bummer! When a hurricane blows through here, we have to endure without it sometimes for a few weeks depending on location. Wouldn't it be great if we all produced our own power? Sigh! Maybe someday!
ReplyDeleteWEEKS! How do you manage?
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