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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Jan 16 2007
Santa Cruz County power outage least of cold weather woes
Our home near Watsonville wasn't affected, but more than 66,000 other PG&E customers in the county were without electricity for awhile this morning.
I wonder if the unusually cold weather will be at least indirectly blamed for the interruption to the electric service. Even Southern California has been feeling the nip in the air this round. The lingering cold is decimating citrus and artichoke crops and we're getting word of red flag warnings around the state, due to the cold's dry air and accompanying winds.
And other states have it much worse than we do. The TV news broadcasts are full of videos of drivers sliding on icy roads. This going to be one winter when a January thaw will be even more welcome than usual. I feel particular sympathy for firefighters, who have to battle blazes with water that is already miserably cold to work with and then runs along the ground and freezes into slick paths that make walking a major hazard.
posted at: 10:54 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
Our home near Watsonville wasn't affected, but more than 66,000 other PG&E customers in the county were without electricity for awhile this morning.
I wonder if the unusually cold weather will be at least indirectly blamed for the interruption to the electric service. Even Southern California has been feeling the nip in the air this round. The lingering cold is decimating citrus and artichoke crops and we're getting word of red flag warnings around the state, due to the cold's dry air and accompanying winds.
And other states have it much worse than we do. The TV news broadcasts are full of videos of drivers sliding on icy roads. This going to be one winter when a January thaw will be even more welcome than usual. I feel particular sympathy for firefighters, who have to battle blazes with water that is already miserably cold to work with and then runs along the ground and freezes into slick paths that make walking a major hazard.
posted at: 10:54 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
