The Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services has issued a countywide alert warning that all PG&E customers in the county will lose power early tomorrow afternoon due to the Public Safety Power Shutoff being enacted in the face of severe fire conditions in portions of Humboldt County and surrounding areas.
The office is urging residents to plan for an outage of up to four days, as the extreme weather conditions are expected to last through Monday and it may take some time after that to inspect lines and get electric servce restored to all customers.
When PG&E offers additional information about the outage or restoration estimates, the Sheriff’s Office will pass it on to the public. The alert reminds residents that 911 should only be used for life-threatening emergencies and urges residents to check on family and neighbors with medical needs.
See the full alert copied below and see our earlier post here for preparedness tips.
P G & E ADVISES THAT ALL CUSTOMERS IN Humboldt County will lose power early afternoon, Saturday, October 26, 2019, due to a Public Safety Power Shutoff. Extreme fire weather conditions affecting portions of Humboldt County and surrounding counties will cause dangerous conditions for power transmission lines. Please prepare for an outage up to 4 days. 9 1 1 should only be used for life threatening emergencies. The Sheriff’s Office will issue more information when P G & E provides outage or restoration time estimates. Please check on family and neighbors with medical needs. You can get further information at PGE.com. You can also call 211 for information. We will also send out Humboldt Alerts with updated information.
This article appears in The Island’s Return.
I guess the Mucky-Mucks at PG&E have nothing better to do than to sit around and pick their noses and decide to play God with disrupting people’s lives for 2 to 3 days and not think twice about it. I could understand if the blackout happened naturally but I am livid because this is forced upon on us for the 2nd time this month. Doesn’t PG&E realize this doesn’t make it better and it angers people and local businesses? I have lived in California all my life. I have experience Santa Ana Winds in So. California and now for the past 40 years I have experienced the Diablo Winds here in Humboldt, and this the first year that PGE or any other electric company do this to cover their buts, but do not realize it doesn’t solve the wildfire problems. Hopefully, Mama Nature will thumb her nose at PG&E and there will be no high winds.
It’s TOTAL BS THAT PEEPLES JUST HIRE THE CREWS THAT ARE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THEIR LINES! SOUTHERN CALIF EDISON HAS MANAGED TO DO SO FOR ALL THEIR HEARTS OF BUSINESS!! PGE IS JUST STEALING FROM ALL OF US! THEY SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY TIME THEY SHUT US DOWN. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THEFT WAS {NO} HAZARD AT ALL THE LAST TIME WE WERE SHUT DOWN. THEY ARE LYING. SOMEONE WITH SOME REAL MONEY NEEDS TO COME IN AND PUT A GOOD AND DECENT RUNNING LOCAL ELECTRIC COMPANY IN HUMBOLDT SO WE CAN HAVE A COMPANY WHO ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE LINES.