California is expecting powerful storms this winter amid the historic El Niño — and some rural communities should expect their power to be knocked out for up to two days, according to a representative from Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
“Power could be off,” Mark Van Gorder, a PG&E government relations representative, told American Canyon City Council late last month. “In some rural areas, it can be, it may be a while. By that, it could be 24 hours, it might 48. So if you have family or friends that are in those areas, now is the time to really get people ready.”
Van Gorder flagged Marin County and up-valley, the northern part of Napa County, as places where storms have downed wires. He noted American Canyon, the site of a PG&E regional service center, was less likely to experience a prolonged outage…