My Neighbor Ran Low on Oxygen and Died

I live on the western side of Arvada, and my power first went out at 9:40 AM on Wednesday, and was restored around 1:00 PM on Thursday. There was absolutely no wind for hours after the power was cut, and when the wind picked up at my house, it was probably three or four in the afternoon. The second time my power went out on Friday, it was 5:40 AM and that outage lasted until around noon on Saturday. There wasn't any wind for hours again after the power was cut. I was surprised how stressful the power outages would be for my family and me. We didn't have the worst experience with the power outage though. During the second power outage, our neighbor passes away. She was frail and on oxygen, but the stress of the power outage with no heat and the fact that she ran low on oxygen was too much for her body and she died. By the time the police were finishing their investigation, it was dark out, and the police were using flashlights. Nothing about that seems dignified and seems like it could increase the trauma for the family in an already stressful situation.

I understand that we need to figure out how to prevent another Marshall Fire. Power lines need to be buried. Xcel makes a lot of profit off of their customers and keeps wanting to raise rates. They need to invest back into their own business and bury the lines. The lines along Indiana are a hazard with all of the dead grass by Rocky Flats. I have seen powerlines spark behind 72nd Ave where there are houses. I feel as though Xcel is attempting to force us to pay to bury the lines by cutting our power much earlier than they need to and perhaps to a much bigger widespread area. If you need to cut the power, please make sure that it is justified by actual wind, not just the prediction of it. We shouldn't be without power for hours longer than we need to. People have lost food, money, and even lives because of your actions.