In the North Bay, some residents are still waiting for their power to be restored, almost five days after the epic winter storm left a trail of damage in its wake. The highest number of outages remain in Sonoma County where PG&E says it’s working to get the lights back on.
“The storm knocked part of the Redwood tree trunk into our garage where the power line is,” said Patrick Morse in Sebastopol.
Morse remembers the exact time the big storm left him powerless in Sebastopol.
“4:36 on Sunday,” he said.
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Baldwin Elementary School in San Jose’s Oak Grove School District is still holding classes, despite there being a power outage.
Morse’s backyard Nest camera captured the moment part of a redwood tree toppled into power lines. It sent his family into backup generator purgatory.
It’s been five days of living life off the grid as his neighbors have outages too.
“It’s a hassle, you come home from work and you want to relax in a normal environment, that’s not quite as possible,” said Morse.