The moment Pacific Gas & Electric announced its sudden plans for a blackout throughout Humboldt and 33 other counties, folks have been trying to fill their tanks and gas cans. Some stations have run dry and others simply can’t operate without electricity. But there are still some stations with working pumps and registers. Here is […]
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Getting Food During the Blackout
At 9 a.m., rows of shopping carts blocked the glass doors of a darkened WinCo Foods. Staff there said a generator could power lights but that was it. Across the street, a dozen people lined up on foot at the Happy Donuts drive-through window for miraculously hot coffee. Owner Natalie Dy, who hooked up her […]