Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

California

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)

2. For those of us who don't live there,

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:42 AM

Dec 2025

can we have more details? Exactly how many San Franciscans lost power? Ten thousand, a million, more?

How long did the outage last? Ten minutes, ten hours?

Was San Francisco the only city in this country that lost power? And do we know why the power was lost?

So many questions, so few answers.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

10 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Why did San Francisco lose power today? [View all] BigmanPigman Dec 2025 OP

Apparently, a substation fire... regnaD kciN Dec 2025 #1

There was a fire, but it started after the outages began. Demobrat Dec 2025 #6

As of 11 PM PG&E still doesn't know what caused it. BigmanPigman Dec 2025 #8

The outages began at 9:30am. The fire was reported at 2:14pm. Demobrat Dec 2025 #9

I know, it doesn't make sense BigmanPigman Dec 2025 #10

For those of us who don't live there, PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2025 #2

Chronicle usonian Dec 2025 #4

Here you go... BigmanPigman Dec 2025 #5

You beat me to it. usonian Dec 2025 #3

Thank you to all who updated me PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2025 #7