by Gigi » September 9th, 2011, 4:47 am
Just want to be sure you are ok.
I am assuming you guys heard what happened in AZ and So CA Thursday - at 3:30 we lost power. Sure that happens at times, but they initially said we would not have it back until Friday night - at best. It just came back on here about a half hour ago but it was freaky and has never happened like this before. Some maintenance worker, supposedly, in ARIZONA was doing some routine work and he didn't follow the safeguards, so he set off something that instead of just shutting down the power in Yuma, AZ, it set off a chain reaction that shut off power all over Southern CA and parts of Mexico (not sure how or why Mexico is on our power grid!!) Over three million people were without power and this was the hottest day of the year, so I can only imagine how unbearable it was for Suzan in the desert because it was awful here. Just glad it is slowly coming back on. Some areas of So CA may not get it back until later today -it's coming on in little sections and they are asking everyone to conserve as San Onofre shut down as a precaution (automatic). It was pretty freaky for most of us who are not used to power blackouts that last more than an hour or two. They said this was unprecedented in this area.
So - Suzan - please let us know if you have power and are ok - Iggy too (know you are in CA but not sure where).
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