Many understand its not in the same of safety but just weeks after a major fire, the timing wouldnt be worse. Im stocked up on batteries, flashlights, lanterns. Reporter she has what she needs. Im here to service the community. Reporter shes assistant manager at Outdoor Supply hardware with a possible safety power shutoff hours away, most of the portable generators have sold out. This could easily do a refrigerator, couple lights, tv. Reporter john was buying extra flashlight batteries and hes not happy about it. As a general sense of disappointment to pg e. I think one place seems to be under control and another comes in after that. I dont like it. Reporter the utility says it has to cut power to thousands of bay area customers due to hot, dry windy conditions or risk parking a fire from an active power line. At the end of the day we have to stand by the side of safety and if its necessary, we have to do this to prevent healthcare reforms emergencies from occurring. Reporter nancy jus
Thank you for joining us. This map highlights where people are likely to be affected by the Public Safety power shut off. In total 22,000 local pg e customers could lose power. The shut offs are starting now in the north bay and three counties, napa, sonoma. It a fresh round for residents who lived through fires, smoke and other Power Outages. Lets go to abc 7 news Cornell Bernard live in st. Helena. Reporter dan and ama, if folks havent been through enough, thousands could lose power again. Its in the name of safety but the timing is really tough. Im stocked up on batteries, flashlights, i have more flashlights, lanterns. Reporter she has what napa needs. Im here to service the community. Reporter shes assistant manager at Outdoor Supply hardware with a possible pg e shut off hours away, most of the portable generators have sold out. This could do a refrigerator, couple lights. Reporter john was buying extra flashlight batteries and not happy about it. There is a general sense of disi
Until 11 00 this morning. Its been a noisy evening because of the trees rustling. High fire danger continues until 11 00 tomorrow. Moderate risk of heat illness starts at 11 00 today through 00 tomorrow. Tonight will be warmer than this morning. Temperatures 90s everywhere except for the coast. Thank you. Extreme fire conditions forced pg e to cut the power to thousands of people across the bay area. They could be in the dark for the next two days. Jobina fortson is at the live desk with more this morning. Good morning. Pg e is hoping to prevent fires from sparking from damaged power lines or power lines knocked down by high winds. The utilitys website shows who is affected right now. Heres a look at that map. More than 50,000 Northern California customers are impacted. In the bay area, about 22,000 pg e customers are expected to lose power in seven counties. The cruelyoul utility hopes to power by friday. Pg e is stressing this power shutoff is shorter than last years when some custom
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