>Bob Blakely wrote:
> >
> > You will NOT be given a schedule for security reasons. Only community
> > organizations (police, fire, hospitals, etc.) will receive advance
>notice.
> >
>That's nuts. It's time for you California folk to get tough with your
>government officials.
>It's also untrue. We get notification when our block is likely to be >hit.
>We received advance warning today (at around 11:00am) that cuts were >very
>likely somewhere between 12:00 and 1:00pm, and that any blackout would
>last around 90 minutes. Sure enough, at around 12:30, we lost power.
>I've also heard notifications over the radio giving details of which
>blocks were next on the rota to lose power (and explaining how to find
>which block you were in by examining your electricity bill).
>It's not the first time this particular story has surfaced, though.
>I saw it the last time we had cuts, as well. It was discussed at
>length, and pretty much discounted. Who is spreading it this time?
>- --
>John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bob Blakely and John Francis are both correct. The policy of not informing
the local citizenry of the blackout schedule is not a statewide
policy. Rather, it was left to the discretion of the local authorities to
implement a policy approriate with their community. So it's not only
conceivable that different areas of the state would have 2 diametrically
different policy, but it's quite likely that it would.
Paulo Ernest
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