Map highlights outage areas planned beginning at midnight and lasting until 4 a.m. Friday morning, Oct. 15
(Correction: The planned outage will begin Thursday night at midnight. Power should be restored by 4:00 am on Friday morning.)
All of Shaw Island and most of Orcas Island (EXCEPT Obstruction Pass, Deer Point, Doe Bay, Sea Acres, and Eagle Lake) will experience a power outage beginning at 12 a.m. midnight Thursday, and ending by 4:00 a.m. October 15th, (early Friday morning) Please see attached map – the area that are highlighted will be affected by the power outage. The planned outage is necessary for OPALCO crews to replace an old pole with a new steel pole on a transmission line.
OPALCO members are responsible for their own equipment and OPALCO encourages all members to install surge protection to safeguard electronic, computer and other sensitive equipment and appliances. To prepare for the outage, members may want to turn sensitive electronics and equipment off at the surge protector, or unplug them completely – and keep a flashlight handy. For more information on surge protection, to learn how to prepare for an outage and what to do during an outage, go to www.opalco.com.
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thanks for this notice..
Aftermath has seen a few customers of mine with “fried” equipment. I think it is best to disconnect your beloved computers and things like fax machines and DSL modems before event or at least after you realize the event is happening.