Day Without Power in Placer and El Dorado: Frustration, Confusion, Concern for Elderly [sacbee.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 10/10/197:33 PM

By Theresa Clift, Sawsan Morrar, and Tony Bizjack, The Sacramento Bee, October 9, 2019

The largest intentional blackout in California history, which left more than 500,000 without power after midnight Wednesday, began to take its toll on routines in Placer and El Dorado counties.

Dixie LaRouche, 79, woke up Wednesday extremely worried.

With power out at her Placer County home, she was unable to charge the neurostimulator recently implanted in her back for her neuropathy. She and her husband called 911. A fire department employee suggested they go to the Community Resource Center at Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn. They arrived to the tent-like structure, checked in, sat down at one of the tables with power strips, and plugged in.

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