random?

How did Xcel decide whose power to shut off? All over Boulder it was random- with one street shut down while across the street had power. Felt very random. Would appreciate knowing how these decisions were made!

72+ hours without power

We were given no notification that we were going to be affected by the shutdown. If you're going to use a system like this you need to be more prepared. I respect the need to prevent fires and love the thought but this was extremely poorly executed. Our neighborhood is full of senior citizens 80+ and no one ever had a clue as to what was happening. It was near impossible to find out what was happening. Your texting and map system said we had power the entire time. We finally were able to find a generator for rent almost…

Mr Macker

Power went off Saturday at 15:03 as I found out the same morning, while reading my text messages with a "maybe" but most likely. The announced timeframe for the blackout was estimated to last from 3pm to at least midnight, which seemed manageable. I filled the bathtub with cold water, because I'm on a well and without power the pumps don't work and this was a good idea because It didn't come back on before Monday evening around 5pm, which puts the duration of the outage at 50 hrs! My Partner uses an oxygen compactor at night due to long…

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