[BeLoSmc]

I am on my second round of 5 days with no electricity and no heat in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is 50 degrees inside and trying to function is futile. Wood-burning stoves are banned, I am in an all-electric structure - no hot water, no way to cook unless I use a camp stove inside (horrible for health), no heat - we bought toe warmers for the 82 year-old I live with.

This makes no sense, if the grid can’t handle it, then it should not have been legislated this way. At the very least, an allowance for back-up systems during emergencies should be in place.