I wish they would just shut the power off and get it over with.
The sooner they do so the sooner this nightmare will be over.

From Martinez Patch :

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA — Wednesday's Public Safety Power Shutoff was expected to affect roughly 51,000 PG&E customers and 120,000 people in Contra Costa County — including in north Concord and in Pleasant Hill, but not in the city of Martinez — for an estimated 24 hours starting at noon, according to county staff. However, PG&E said at 12:30 p.m. that shutoffs for the second phase of counties, which includes Contra Costa County, were initially scheduled to start around noon but were "delayed by a few hours, given changes to the weather forecast."
Parts of Bay Point, Canyon, El Sobrante, Kensington, Lafayette, Moraga, North Concord, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Pinole, Pittsburg, Richmond, San Ramon and Walnut Creek are all expected to be impacted.
Rossmoor and Danville, however, should be spared. The Bay Point Health Center will close, but the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and other county-operated medical facilities will remain open.
There are no public school closures scheduled for Wednesday.
To facilitate communications, the county is setting up charging stations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the lobbies of county facilities in four cities at the following locations: 4545 Delta Fair Blvd., Antioch; 151 Linus Pauling Drive, Hercules; 400 Ellinwood Way in Pleasant Hill and 1305
Macdonald Ave. in Richmond.
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Anyone who has access to the Internet during the shutoff can get updates from the county at https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/.
The Concord Police Department said Dana Estates and small sections of nearby neighborhoods may be impacted by the outage, but noted that all shutoff areas are subject to be changed by PG&E.
The city of Pleasant Hill opened a community resource center in the Community Room at City Hall, 100 Gregory Lane, between noon and 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday where people may charge phones and receive information.
The Martinez Police Department said although PG&E has indicated Martinez will have limited impact from the shutoff, drivers should be mindful if traffic signals be flashing or are inoperable.

"Please stop at all intersections with signals that are dark. We want all of you to be safe during this period," Martinez police officials said.

The shutoff to Contra Costa County is part of the second phase in a widespread PG&E public safety power outage for Northern California amid critical fire weather conditions. The second phase will impact 234,000 customers in Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Alameda, San Mateo, Alpine, Mariposa and San Joaquin counties.

The first phase began just after midnight Wednesday morning and left more than 74,000 customers in the North Bay and 513,000 across Northern California in the dark. The utility giant started cutting power at 12 a.m. across significant portions of its service territory, including in Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Marin, Yolo, Lake, Mendocino and Colusa counties.
Solano, Sonoma and Napa counties the hardest hit as of 2 a.m. Wednesday. The city of Fairfield had 17,963 customers powerless, while 13,665 were without power in Vacaville. The outage was affecting 19,357 PG&E customers in Napa, 15,925 in the city of Sonoma, 6,685 in St. Helena and 3,321 in Calistoga.
In Santa Rosa, 8,140 customers were affected, while in Rohnert Park there were 2,105 without power. Sausalito had 2,564 affected by the outage, while 2,034 in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley had no electric service.
Several unincorporated areas in Napa, Marin, Solano and Sonoma counties were also hit hard with power outages.
PG&E said it made the decision to turn off power based on forecasts of dry, hot and windy weather including potential fire risk. PG&E anticipates the weather event, which includes a red flag warning for the North Bay and East Bay, will last through midday Thursday.
Other counties impacted by the first phase early Wednesday morning included: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Marin, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama, Trinity and Yuba counties.
"A third phase is being considered for the southernmost portions of PG&E's service area, impacting approximately 42,000 customers," said PG&E Spokeswoman Deanna Contreras.
Peak winds forecasted from Wednesday morning through Thursday morning and reaching 60 to 70 mph at higher elevations.
"The safety of our customers and the communities we serve is our most important responsibility, which is why PG&E has decided to turn power off to customers during this widespread, severe wind event," said Michael Lewis, PG&E's senior vice president of Electric Operations.
"We understand the effects this event will have on our customers and appreciate the public's patience as we do what is necessary to keep our communities safe and reduce the risk of wildfire," Lewis said.