Here I am at the Comfort Inn
I have to say the new Comfort Inn in Ukiah is very nice. My husband and I and our dog checked in this evening after a phone call to PG&E at about 4 p.m. today (Saturday) when our electricity was supposed to be restored. The woman at PG&E told me we would have no electricity until at least 1 p.m. Sunday. Our electricity went out overnight Thursday and we've been without since. One night with the Coleman stove and flashlights and candles is Ok, kinda fun, but two nights? Nope. I know I am lucky to be able to drive down the road and check into a nice hotel and I feel for the folks out there still sitting in the dark and increasing cold. I know I'm not happy with PG&E right now but I'll be willing to bet that all the people still without power will be the result of PG&E's simple lack of crews out there, not some overwhelming series of events. They knew we had a bad one coming. I think they just choose to keep employment low and the heck with the customers. As we approached the 48 hour mark PG&E had not even planned to send a crew out to our part of the world until Sunday. I know I'll be submitting a claim for all the meat in my freezer which I will be afraid to eat now.
Anyway, hurrah for the Comfort Inn, their pet-friendly rooms (we got a lovely suite for less than we would have paid for a room just up the street) and their friendly service.
Kudos to the Ukiah City Council for its vote Friday to ask the supervisors to put repealing Measure G on the June ballot.