Here’s the weather at home while I sat in the office freezing my ass off:
Yup, three digits. At 3:17 pm, it was around 109 degrees in Orange. My friend called me at work at 4:00 pm-ish to tell me that the power went out at his house. I know we’re supposed to conserve today but I didn’t hear about rolling blackouts. Looking at CALISO data, it seemed there was about 2,000 MW of buffer between peak demand and supply at the time. Anyway, my friend called again a few hours ago and the power was still out. Rolling blackouts are only supposed to last 30-60 minutes so maybe something else is wrong. With so much usage (the AC has been on 24/7 for days at my house), maybe a substation or transformer blew up. It’s almost 1:00 am and it’s still 80 degrees outside.
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Some poor guy posted on r/dialysis that he doesn’t have AC but needs to stay home to do peritoneal dialysis in the heat. Ugh. My dialysis center is usually too cold but they have warmed up blankets. That’s better than sitting in a pool of your own sweat for hours.
Life with chronic diseases 