Lights out twice last week for us, tuesday, Saturday night through Monday night.
Now 9am the say to have them out again.
OUrs went out again at 4 am (Tuesday) for the fifth or sixth time now...Came back from town this afternoon and saw plumes of smoke coming from our neck of the woods. Yup, wildfire less than a mile from our property. Air tankers were brought to bear quickly, knocking this thing down and keeping it to about ten acres. Very close this time. The wind was coming from the north and east so it was pushing the fire away from us, (thankfully)...Everyone on alert. The GMRS radios kept the neighborhood area appraised of the situation. Everyone is dark of course. Generators hum in the distance this evening. We participated in the weekly net...more people than in the past few weeks felt the need to check in...
Down in town today, a couple of different folks were wanting to purchase the 9K watt generator, but none to be had. Nex shipment Thursday. Wait in line for a ticket to maybe get a chance to purchase one. Last shipment was a whole truck full and sold out in a couple of hours.
We are holding off on another generator. We have a fridge and stove with the RV...Just no water because the well uses electricity. RV is filled with water and when the electricity comes back on we shower, run the dishwasher, etc... I do have a hand pump on the well, so we do have water when needed. Not the greatest system, but it works.
The radios keep the neighborhood informed of what’s happening. Folks listen to the fire frequencies and pass along the information. We actually had two fire incidents nearby today. The first one was dealt with quickly.
Its pins an needles until the rains come. Looks like the next wind event will be sometime later next week?
Run across people and ask..do you have power? No... Folks getting tired of it all, but really don’t know the answer. Yeah, there is plenty of blame to go around, but pointing fingers ain’t going to get anything fixed and us regular citizens have no power. The city folks in the Bay Area get their juice back on quickly or don’t have it turned off period. Us rural folks have it turned on first and restored last. Just the way it is...We can handle it though. Tough folks up here. We just pull up our britches and get along with our day.
PG and E says it will be this way for the next ten years as it will take that long to fix the problems with the infrastruture...Maybe I do need to invest in a bigger generator, eh?! What time is the truck coming?