Some parts of my adjacent areas (Malibu, Agoura, etc.) are at risk of being shut down.  I hear up north with PG&E it's 1 million with a possibility of up to 2 million for several days.  Not good, especially with higher temperatures.  Plus food spoils and a host of other problems.  I'd love to see everyone send bills for refrigerators and freezers full of food to PG&E.

Ugh. 26 years tomorrow moved from California to here. It's bad enough when the wind knocks power out for a couple of hours. I hope yours is still up when you get there.

Start the class action lawsuit against PGE for not maintaining their equipment and living in the dark ages. Super distruptive to Bay Area Business - expect traffic jams (lights off), restaurants have to throw away food, computer servers batteries die, cell phones may be disrupted...  Do you have Santa Ana winds (we had fog and no wind, yet) 

I'm not in CA but here in ND we are in the troughs of a multi-day blizzard and the leaves are still on the trees so we are looking at trees and limbs breaking off and falling onto power lines. I've got my generator ready to go.

I feel for all of you John.....it's craziness.

I feel sorry for those impacted by power outages.

oh, how I hate to be without electricity......every home should have a generator....

A built-in generator would remedy that real quick John!

Time for more solar panels and generators.

It sounds like the perfect time to install a generator. Hope you have power when you get home. We'll be thinking about you John Meussner 

I am in Pacifica, so far none. Here is what I found " The Tom Lantos Tunnels near Devil's Slide on State Route 1 were initially forecast to close during the planned power shutoff that is impacting the region.

"Caltrans has confirmed that the Tom Lantos Tunnel along CA-1 in Pacifica will remain open during the PG&E Power Shutdown," the metropolitan transportation commission said Wednesday at 10 a.m"

No impact.  Yet.

Got the text wanting this morning ... the power will go out and could be out for several days.  

No problem so far for my family or business. We are in a community that will have a power shut off today but I do not think it will cover my office location.

Our 93 year old mother-in-law who lived in the Sierra foothills has not power. We are glad there are other family members near her who can be helpful but who are similarly burdened with no electric power at this time.

PG&E can leave the power on and get blamed if there is a fire or turn the power off to try to avoid fires amidst record high winds combined with very low humidity.

If you had to make the call, what would you choose? 

I am not in CA but will be watching to see what the fallout from this tactic is. I can see why they decided to do it, but I don't know that it is the best answer. 

Our city had power outages this morning due to the SNOW! Way too early for that to be happening around here! Trees have not dropped their leaves yet and were catching snow and bringing down power lines. 

John,

We have friends in Napa who are living without electricity for two days know...we are fine down here...A

I can't imagine having that issue in FL :(

None in S.F. Valley for now.

It that not the most bizarre outcome one could have imagined.

The utility says, "If you plan to sue me, I'll shut the lights off." Let's see if the citizen compels those California Ding-Bats making the rules to grant immunity.

In Florida, three nights of sleeping in sweat makes tempers easy to unleash.

None for me and I've been so busy that I didn't even know about the outages. I hope you're safe from losing your power, John!

Oh, hope it will be solved soon.

I hope the power will be on soon.

I feel for everyone up north that is loosing it.

Maybe i just dont get why high tension lines are coming down in the wind? Not maintained? Poorly built? It seems extreme to shut off power to a million people every time the winds blow hard. 

If you live in an area where outages will occur, how can it not adversely affect you? Good luck to those who cannot escape!

I'm curious to see what happens too. My son lives in San Jose and he works from home. Will they be shutting down businesses? How will it affect airports, hospitals, retirement communities, etc?

Hey, If you're in CA and have people moving to NC, please remember me. We have power! Thank goodness!

Why are they having power outages? Being it's happening in CA, I'm wondering whether it's an initiative toward saving the planet or some sort of political protest. 

I cannot believe the Governor is getting a pass on this This is not just people having homes without power It affects everything gas stations, grocery stores, all the essential things for daily living. Hospitals, senior homes, animal centers and homes for disabled or in critical need of ozygen.  People cant work or go to school.  This is completely NUTS

I don't understand why the state is not stepping in here and protecting the people of California. Bizarre 

someone said on Facebook that even in Somalia they turn the power back on at 8AM... not in beautiful California

Oh wow, John... I had no idea California was having power outages. Makes me happy that I decided to leave in 1976.  Seriously, hope everyone lives through this with a minimum of negative impact.

Nothing here yet, but I understand the inland areas are due to some outages from SDG & E. NorCal is really getting hit I believe!

Not yet but we did cancel our tennis match tonight due to the winds.

Amazingly, my closing scheduled for tomorrow may be delayed because they can't get a VOE out of California. Who knew?

I'm just glad I left.  Hope my family there remains with power, but wish they'd leave too

Nothing here in Carlsbad, but we haven't really experienced any Santa Ana winds lately.

Cannot imagine....