Tens of thousands of Xcel Energy customers experienced planned power outages in Colorado starting Wednesday. Some residents in Jefferson County said they felt left in the dark, literally and figuratively.
“We are staying at my parents’ house, but our neighbors decided to hunker down and ride out the power outage,” Mallory Mckenna told CBS Colorado as she packed up food from the fridge and belongings for her family to spend the weekend at her parents’ house. Although the Mckennas and their two children have a place to stay for the weekend, she is setting up a generator to lend to her neighbors.
“We’ve been kind of told we’re not sure when it’s going to come back,” said Mckenna. “I’m going to let our neighbors borrow it for their fridge, charge their phones, do what they need to do.”
The Mckennas moved to Lakewood from Florida earlier this year and are used to power outages due to hurricanes. But, the lack of electricity means they’re clearing out their fridge and moving the Christmas party they were set to host elsewhere…