Comments on: Planned SCE Power Outage — Lies, or Simply Cluelessness? http://blogging.la/2009/08/19/planned-sce-power-outage-lies-or-simply-cluelessness/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt Mason http://blogging.la/2009/08/19/planned-sce-power-outage-lies-or-simply-cluelessness/comment-page-1/#comment-22399 Matt Mason Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:05:50 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=32787#comment-22399 I contacted SCE yesterday, and was told that the outage covers a portion of my neighborhood, about 150 homes. I contacted SCE yesterday, and was told that the outage covers a portion of my neighborhood, about 150 homes.

]]> By: evan http://blogging.la/2009/08/19/planned-sce-power-outage-lies-or-simply-cluelessness/comment-page-1/#comment-22398 evan Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:16:40 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=32787#comment-22398 Edison was doing maintenance in Orange County yesterday, and cut out power to the entire UCI campus for 30 minutes. Edison was doing maintenance in Orange County yesterday, and cut out power to the entire UCI campus for 30 minutes.

]]> By: angelo http://blogging.la/2009/08/19/planned-sce-power-outage-lies-or-simply-cluelessness/comment-page-1/#comment-22397 angelo Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:40:38 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=32787#comment-22397 oh yeah, the notice was from your landlord... who knows if it's truthful at all. maybe they're conducting building maintenance and claiming it's SCE? Turning off power in an entire neighborhood sounds screwy to me. Have you checked with the PUC to verify? oh yeah, the notice was from your landlord… who knows if it’s truthful at all. maybe they’re conducting building maintenance and claiming it’s SCE?

Turning off power in an entire neighborhood sounds screwy to me. Have you checked with the PUC to verify?

]]> By: Matt Mason http://blogging.la/2009/08/19/planned-sce-power-outage-lies-or-simply-cluelessness/comment-page-1/#comment-22396 Matt Mason Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:07:41 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=32787#comment-22396 Geez, I guess I hang out in a fast crowd. We won't be asleep just after midnight on Saturday night. Maybe on a weeknight. If the goal is not to mess up alarm clocks on a weekday, then Friday night is probably an earlier and thus better night. But hilary's comment makes sense. If the real goal is not to interrupt businesses, and if the notice had read “in an effort to minimize inconvenience to businesses, the testing will be done during night time hours, when the majority of our businesses will be sleeping,” at least that would have been more truthful. Geez, I guess I hang out in a fast crowd. We won’t be asleep just after midnight on Saturday night. Maybe on a weeknight. If the goal is not to mess up alarm clocks on a weekday, then Friday night is probably an earlier and thus better night. But hilary’s comment makes sense. If the real goal is not to interrupt businesses, and if the notice had read “in an effort to minimize inconvenience to businesses, the testing will be done during night time hours, when the majority of our businesses will be sleeping,” at least that would have been more truthful.

]]> By: angelo http://blogging.la/2009/08/19/planned-sce-power-outage-lies-or-simply-cluelessness/comment-page-1/#comment-22395 angelo Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:23:22 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=32787#comment-22395 @author geez, what are you griping about? fact is many, if not most, people are asleep in the early hours just after midnight. I'm no fan of large, for-profit utilities but hell, at least they're giving advance notice. Would you rather they just cut the power and claim a brown-out? Saturday night is less disruptive than a weeknight when alarm clocks, etc would be affected and throw off people's morning preparation for work. @author

geez, what are you griping about? fact is many, if not most, people are asleep in the early hours just after midnight. I’m no fan of large, for-profit utilities but hell, at least they’re giving advance notice. Would you rather they just cut the power and claim a brown-out?

Saturday night is less disruptive than a weeknight when alarm clocks, etc would be affected and throw off people’s morning preparation for work.

]]> By: hilary http://blogging.la/2009/08/19/planned-sce-power-outage-lies-or-simply-cluelessness/comment-page-1/#comment-22394 hilary Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:22:24 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=32787#comment-22394 San Diego Gas & Electric does this every year as well. A few years ago they scheduled the outage for the second night of Rosh Hashana, when my parents were expecting 50 guests at their house for dinner. My mom tried explaining to SDG&E why the night they chose was not exactly a good night for an outage, and they claimed they couldn't change it. Once the story hit the 11 p.m. news, the outage suddenly got pushed back a week. Anyway, they said they choose weekend nights as to not interrupt businesses during the week. I guess there isn't really ever a "good" night for an outage. San Diego Gas & Electric does this every year as well. A few years ago they scheduled the outage for the second night of Rosh Hashana, when my parents were expecting 50 guests at their house for dinner. My mom tried explaining to SDG&E why the night they chose was not exactly a good night for an outage, and they claimed they couldn’t change it. Once the story hit the 11 p.m. news, the outage suddenly got pushed back a week. Anyway, they said they choose weekend nights as to not interrupt businesses during the week. I guess there isn’t really ever a “good” night for an outage.

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