I must be going crazy. I could have sworn there was a power outage in L.A. on Sunday, December 6, that lasted (in my area) for two hours. As soon as the power was restored, I searched and effortlessly found news stories that blamed the outage on an error some technician had made on a circuit board or something. It initially caused power to go down in the San Fernando Valley, but technicians had to deliberately take down electricity in other areas--like mine--to balance out everything and restore the Valley's power properly.
Well 6 days later on Saturday evening, the power goes out again (ironically, also for 2 hours). I guess yesterday's outage can be blamed on our most recent storm as it is mentioned as an afterthought in this L.A. Times article. To compare yesterday's blackout with the earlier one, I tried to find the news story I'd so effortlessly found a week ago, but I couldn't find a thing! I tried all kinds of keyword combinations and phrases. I searched on different sites. I sorted by date and patiently scrolled to where I thought the story would be mentioned. Nada!
Out of desperation, I broadened the search to "Southern California." I still didn't find what I was looking for, but I learned that other parts of the Southland experienced blackouts of their own within the last week, including Saugus, Laguna Beach, Palos Verdes, and Canyon Country. Various reasons were given, including an employee error (again), a storm (again), or some other unknown cause. Perhaps power outages are more commonplace than I realized and I never knew this until I investigated. But I don't know. Based on past experiences, I can't help but wonder if someone is manipulating the power supply for profit while we're left with no other choice but to sit here and take it.
I don't know what the real story is behind the cluster of Southland blackouts, but I swear if this is another attempt to squeeze money out of poor Grandma Millie I'm going to explode!
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