Los cortes de energía en California pueden agobiar a miles, pero otros agradecen una broma sobre esto en Facebook
California se prepara para otra temporada de incendios.
FOTO: EFE
FOTO: EFE
Por: Redacción | 10 de Octubre 2019
En medio de la amenaza de un corte de energía sin precedentes en el norte de California, un departamento de policía del Área de la Bahía publicó un mensaje instructivo irónico en su página de Facebook que se ha compartido más de 40,000 veces.
El Departamento de Policía de Pleasanton, en el condado de Alameda, compartió el martes un mapa de California que indica dónde podrían ocurrir cortes de energía.
Pero en lugar de destacar los 34 condados afectados por la decisión de Pacific Gas & Electric de cortar la electricidad en un esfuerzo por evitar posibles incendios forestales provocados por líneas eléctricas derribadas por fuertes vientos, en el mapa de la policía de Pleasanton, todo el estado estaba marcado en rojo.
Junto a la imagen había instrucciones bastante únicas sobre cómo prepararse para el apagón:
“Si vuelves a casa y todo está oscuro y nada funciona, entonces sí, estás experimentando un corte de energía. Mantén la calma. Usa la luz de tu teléfono celular para buscar frenéticamente la única linterna que crees tener en la casa. Estará muerta, por supuesto. Busca baterías. Necesitarás cuatro, pero solo encontrará tres”, dice uno de los consejos.
Miles de usuarios han comentado la publicación. La mayoría parece apreciar la broma sobre lo que es un problema grave para muchos. Otros criticaron a las autoridades locales por publicarla en Facebook.
PG&E is anticipating widespread, strong and dry winds this week. Starting Wednesday, they are considering turning off power for safety to parts of California, including the Bay Area. So here are a few things you can do to help get through a power shutdown:
• If you come home and everything is dark and nothing works, then yes, you are experiencing a power shutdown. Remain calm. Use your cell phone light to search frantically for the one flashlight you think you have in the house. It will be dead of course. Search for batteries. You will need four but only find three.
• Wish you had charged your cell phone. Plug your phone into the charger but then say to yourself, “duh the power is out.”
• Charge up those portable phone chargers tonight. However, keep in mind, should your teen’s phone run out of battery it could be a good thing. Watching them go through Tik-Tok or Instagram withdrawals could be good entertainment. Heck, it could even put them dangerously close to having to read a book by flashlight or doing something creative.
• Please do not call 911 and ask when the power will come back on. Our dispatchers are very good but they cannot see into the future. They will tell you they do not know and then disconnect so they can answer the other hundred calls from people asking about the power being out.
• Keep your freezer and refrigerator doors closed to keep food from spoiling. If you have teenagers this may be difficult so speak loudly but slowly to them so they understand. You may need to hang a sign on the doors as well. Use big letters.
• Use food supplies that do not require refrigeration. We think potato chips, Twinkies, Oreos, and peanut butter might be a good start! Okay, maybe throw an apple or an avocado in there, too.
• You will need a plan to keep medicines refrigerated or power-dependent medical devices working.
• PG&E suggests you turn off or disconnect appliances, equipment or electronics. Power may return with momentary “surges” or “spikes” that may cause damage.
• DO NOT use generators, camp stoves, or charcoal grills indoors. Carbon monoxide fumes can be deadly. Moreover, never use a gas stove top or oven to heat your home. Do what your mom used to tell you to do: Put on a sweater.
• Check on your neighbors. Even the one whose dog barks all night. And the other one who always parks in front of your house.
• If you come home and everything is dark and nothing works, then yes, you are experiencing a power shutdown. Remain calm. Use your cell phone light to search frantically for the one flashlight you think you have in the house. It will be dead of course. Search for batteries. You will need four but only find three.
• Wish you had charged your cell phone. Plug your phone into the charger but then say to yourself, “duh the power is out.”
• Charge up those portable phone chargers tonight. However, keep in mind, should your teen’s phone run out of battery it could be a good thing. Watching them go through Tik-Tok or Instagram withdrawals could be good entertainment. Heck, it could even put them dangerously close to having to read a book by flashlight or doing something creative.
• Please do not call 911 and ask when the power will come back on. Our dispatchers are very good but they cannot see into the future. They will tell you they do not know and then disconnect so they can answer the other hundred calls from people asking about the power being out.
• Keep your freezer and refrigerator doors closed to keep food from spoiling. If you have teenagers this may be difficult so speak loudly but slowly to them so they understand. You may need to hang a sign on the doors as well. Use big letters.
• Use food supplies that do not require refrigeration. We think potato chips, Twinkies, Oreos, and peanut butter might be a good start! Okay, maybe throw an apple or an avocado in there, too.
• You will need a plan to keep medicines refrigerated or power-dependent medical devices working.
• PG&E suggests you turn off or disconnect appliances, equipment or electronics. Power may return with momentary “surges” or “spikes” that may cause damage.
• DO NOT use generators, camp stoves, or charcoal grills indoors. Carbon monoxide fumes can be deadly. Moreover, never use a gas stove top or oven to heat your home. Do what your mom used to tell you to do: Put on a sweater.
• Check on your neighbors. Even the one whose dog barks all night. And the other one who always parks in front of your house.
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