Power Outages

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Occasionally in Davis, the power may go out. This can happen during a rain or lightning storm, due to a downed powerline, or for other reasons. This is a page to help residents know how to prepare for possible power outages, alert them to sources of information, including phone numbers, during a power outage, and what you should do when your power comes back on.

• It is a good idea to keep an emergency kit handy with water, flashlights, candles, matches, blankets and a battery-operated radio.

To report a downed powerline or other dangerous situation, call (530) 666-8920.

• Yolo County has an official situation website for updates.
  

• If power is out due to a rain storm, there is a levee and waterway map that tracks potential and current flooding.
  

• The City of Davis has a web page with information, and a hotline open at (530) 747-5400 (or weekdays: 757-5686).

Check your refrigerators and freezers. If your power has been out for an extended amount of time, it's very likely that your food has spoiled, or will spoil. For safety's sake, it is highly advised to chuck out most of your food. If you remembered not to open up your freezer at all, and if you had a lot of frozen items, that food may be OK (ours was still frozen solid after 30 hrs). If you were out of town or away from your home during this power outage, keep in mind that your power may have been off for some time and it is possible that food in your refrigerator/freezer defrosted and spoiled, but has since re-frozen with the restoration of power. Such food may not be safe to eat. It is advisable to ask a neighbor how long (if at all) the power was out at your specific location. If in doubt, be safe: throw it out.

The following is information about food safety after power outages from the American Red Cross. A summarized version appears at the end of the following Davis Enterprise news article about the after effects of the storm.

You can also contact PG & E to get up to $25 reimbursement if your power was out for longer then 48 hours.

• January 5th 2008 Storm

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