Pretty similar to our blackout here in Galicia, except we didn't get power back until 6am this morning. So. We ate all the cheese in our fridge.
Saw lots of people on balconies, and even more out walking or sitting in the plaza. No panic buying. No crazy lines. Just calm. It was actually really quiet, and while I heard a LOT of sirens throughout the day, our neighborhood was super chill.
Glad you guys got power back so quickly. We're trying to navigate the high-speed rail tomorrow for a flight from Madrid. The rail has been slow to get back online (for good reason), but fingers crossed!
Power stories. Yeah, that was definitely a wide ranging problem yesterday.
It does remind us that we do need to have some cash. That said I suspect that with many of the neighbourhood places, simply saying is it okay if I pay you tomorrow would probably be quite alright.
Actually, on our last trip to South Africa, my wife and I were there when there was a lot of load shedding or brown out as I think you call them in the States. It really wasn’t that much of a big deal. Places had back up power to power the various gadgets they need including payment terminals. And over there they cook with a lot of gas. That helped too.
I remember when California went through the stretch of rolling blackouts. They seem to have things under control now. Then, when I lived in Santa Monica, they turned our power off all night like three times to do upgrades. One time they forget to tell us - lol. And another time it went off at 11pm and was scheduled to go back on at 6am, but stayed off until the afternoon, I think.
I always took it in stride, even the times when they screwed up. Here, it's much easier to take it in stride because life keeps flowing - constantly - in the streets. It's pretty incredible.
Here in Northern California, there are still rolling blackouts and the electric company (PG&E) turns the power off every time the wind blows -as not to be blamed for any fires that could occur from a downed power line, being we are in a high risk fire area (I believe the entirety of California is anymore). They also like to turn it off during summer peak heat 110° or during winter snow storms, days to weeks at a time.
I currently work for PG&E.. trimming trees around the power lines and helping install underground gas lines. I can say, solar is the way to go to avoid all this.
On average, people seem to be unprepared when the power goes off, although it happens frequently. And they certainly do not know how to work together to get through it. Cultural differences..
I heard about the outage first thing in the morning yesterday and am glad it was largely uneventful for you and your neighborhood! Hoping this was a one off event that just served as a drill.
Pretty similar to our blackout here in Galicia, except we didn't get power back until 6am this morning. So. We ate all the cheese in our fridge.
Saw lots of people on balconies, and even more out walking or sitting in the plaza. No panic buying. No crazy lines. Just calm. It was actually really quiet, and while I heard a LOT of sirens throughout the day, our neighborhood was super chill.
Glad you guys got power back so quickly. We're trying to navigate the high-speed rail tomorrow for a flight from Madrid. The rail has been slow to get back online (for good reason), but fingers crossed!
It must be tough to have to eat so much cheese :-)
Happy to hear that everything was chill in your neighborhood. It was actually a lot of fun here, too.
Best part of this event: No looting, no riots
Speaks volumes, doesn't it? Sheesh
Power stories. Yeah, that was definitely a wide ranging problem yesterday.
It does remind us that we do need to have some cash. That said I suspect that with many of the neighbourhood places, simply saying is it okay if I pay you tomorrow would probably be quite alright.
Actually, on our last trip to South Africa, my wife and I were there when there was a lot of load shedding or brown out as I think you call them in the States. It really wasn’t that much of a big deal. Places had back up power to power the various gadgets they need including payment terminals. And over there they cook with a lot of gas. That helped too.
I remember when California went through the stretch of rolling blackouts. They seem to have things under control now. Then, when I lived in Santa Monica, they turned our power off all night like three times to do upgrades. One time they forget to tell us - lol. And another time it went off at 11pm and was scheduled to go back on at 6am, but stayed off until the afternoon, I think.
I always took it in stride, even the times when they screwed up. Here, it's much easier to take it in stride because life keeps flowing - constantly - in the streets. It's pretty incredible.
Here in Northern California, there are still rolling blackouts and the electric company (PG&E) turns the power off every time the wind blows -as not to be blamed for any fires that could occur from a downed power line, being we are in a high risk fire area (I believe the entirety of California is anymore). They also like to turn it off during summer peak heat 110° or during winter snow storms, days to weeks at a time.
I currently work for PG&E.. trimming trees around the power lines and helping install underground gas lines. I can say, solar is the way to go to avoid all this.
On average, people seem to be unprepared when the power goes off, although it happens frequently. And they certainly do not know how to work together to get through it. Cultural differences..
I heard about the outage first thing in the morning yesterday and am glad it was largely uneventful for you and your neighborhood! Hoping this was a one off event that just served as a drill.