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PoindexterOglethorpe

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

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:42 PM

23 hrs ago

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.

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

Apparently, a substation fire... regnaD kciN 23 hrs ago #1

There was a fire, but it started after the outages began. Demobrat 23 hrs ago #6

As of 11 PM PG&E still doesn't know what caused it. BigmanPigman 20 hrs ago #8

The outages began at 9:30am. The fire was reported at 2:14pm. Demobrat 19 hrs ago #9

I know, it doesn't make sense BigmanPigman 6 hrs ago #10

For those of us who don't live there, PoindexterOglethorpe 23 hrs ago #2

Chronicle usonian 23 hrs ago #4

Here you go... BigmanPigman 23 hrs ago #5

You beat me to it. usonian 23 hrs ago #3

Thank you to all who updated me PoindexterOglethorpe 21 hrs ago #7