CA PGE Outage Update - From Someone Living Through It 2 weeks ago the power went out at my business location, which is in San Ramon Bishop Ranch. Many large corporations are located in the business park with me, including. Chevron, ATT, Robert Half, Toyota to name a few. I am not implying any connection, just sharing my experience.  The office was back up with power pretty quickly. I would say about 48 hrs. Sat at 4:40 power went out in Marin County where I live. Was supposed to be out until Monday or Tues, were just notified that it will be Thursday now.  The bright spot is we have a gas water heater so at least we have hot showers, but rest of the house is electric.  Wife's company is having people call in sick as they have no power. Some I am sure do not have the vacation or sick leave so it will be without pay. She works in a food manufacturing facility. They have power, but if they lose it. Up to 1 million in product could be lost. We are going shopping in 2 counties away as the stores are somewhat open and on generators, but slim pickings now. We did have some more wind in Marin County on Sat, but nothing I have not experienced before. It feels like something else is going on. What came to me is I am wondering if our grid was compromised with parts that could be taken over and it has to be shut down to be replaced. Just a guess, but the wind is not that bad.  Will update if any new info comes out. Here is the PGE outage map http://critweb-outage.pgealerts.com/?WT.mc_id=Vanity_pge-outages EDIT: Forgot to mention cell phones did not work at all for the first 24 hrs and then we could use the phones for calls, but not internet. Gas stations are all closed for gas as they cannot run the pumps.