Severe heat wave causes rolling blackouts, dangerous conditions across California
 

https://i.imgur.com/2yXk3lF.jpg

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...t-wave-records

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...oss-california

Can we get a direct report ......:hmmm:

My power was off for about an hour at 7:00 PM.

check my post 3278 in "What are you doing today" thread...I'm hoping my AC holds out. It got to 103 F. today; now down to 100 F. as I post. Fortunately, it's not a mandatory no burn 'spare the air day" so I'll BBQ some burgers in the cool evening at 90 F. to avoid overloading the rickety fusebox with oven cooking. My boat captain, two doors down, has a new solar Tesla solar-electric system. He sells power back to criminal entity PG&E but his 'new' inverter went out
after less than two years, so he's screwed too. 21st century technology sucks! :Kaleun_Mad: so I'll hold off blowing $20 K on that contraption.:arrgh!:

It feels like you are having a wonderful time. I hope it returns to a more normal state for you in CA.:yep:

That is a completely different question!!! :arrgh!: Ya see it's getting better...

Here in NW Indiana, we haven't had terribly hot heat. For the past few days it has been in the late 80s and humid, we sweat our pants off at baseball practice and take ice cold baths back home.
Only on Fridays baseball practice was there any improvement. We finally had a light breeze, the temperatures and the humidity stayed the same tho. That slight breeze felt like the world to our team.

NW Indiana is known for having brutally hot summers and terrible winters. We get a mix of everything here.

Good to hear! That there is an acceptable situation.:up:

Nothing but cold and rain with gale force winds down here for the last few weeks!! Atleast summer is on its way.:yep:
Sweaty scorching heat and flies, hmm maybe I'll rethink that! :hmmm:

YA think!:timeout: this just came up on my Email: So here I am at 0200 hours... being vigilant and alert!:Kaleun_Sleep:

Take it easy my friend! Even if it is a change in weather, it does not have to mean dramatic situations, you know when we are out sailing on the sea, things can happen quickly, weather, rain, etc. Stay calm and all will be good.:yep::Kaleun_Periskop:

This one? https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calistoga?src=hashtag_click

The extreme weather passed through San Rafael at 3:00 to 4:00 in the morning. Many flashes of lightning and some rain.

What makes it dangerous here is the high level of dry vegetation and very low occurrence of thunderstorms. It's still wet but not really raining now.

Just heard a thunderclap so I guess it's still around. Not much rain. Not enough to make puddles.

:hmmm::haha: "Ship".

http://www.caiso.com/Documents/Flex-...nservation.pdf

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...ern-california

I hope the effects will be mild and merciful.:up:

It passed over you to blast over my house at 0400 and more on the way- I suspect there was sufficient moisture to dampen some of the bone-dry potential for a fire:https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/13/46/.../1024x1024.jpg

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/13/46/.../1024x1024.jpg<Both Golden Gate and Bay Bridges lit up!:k_confused:

The sky forces forces of nature in its proper element.Even if it does not feel that way, where you are, of course.

The situation in Southern California is beyond "damned hot" all the way to "Say, who is that guy over there in the red suit with the pitchfork?"...

Brush fires have been breaking out all over the place with the extreme heat, but, thankfully, the winds have remained light, giving a big assist to the firefighters; so far, damage to dwellings has been far less than it would be if the canyon winds were acting up; thank for small blessings...

We have been under red flag and power warnings for several days now; there have been short power outages of around an hour or so at various times in various places, but I haven't heard of ny major complications or complaints...

Personally, the AC in my place went out a few days ago and I just now got it back up and running again; the last two days have been brutal; heat waves are sure different when you are closer to 70 than when you were closer to 30...




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I am grateful I have a good 6.5Kw backup diesel generator here, have used it a few times. Essential for freezers etc.
You might think of getting one, they are around $1,500, not really that expensive.

Then you have a car that can safely idle during the summer with AC in the worst case, to cool down.