Open Blog: Power Outages
Power outages have been happening every so often in my county in order to prevent fires from starting due to high winds. In fact, my power was out from Sunday afternoon until Tuesday evening this week. This was super inconvenient because I still had a lot of Zoom sessions to do or homework to do on my computer. Therefore, I had to come up with a solution. I decided to drive a couple of hours away to a relative's house in order to use the power and wi-fi at her house for college. I stayed there from early Monday morning until Tuesday evening. This worked out pretty well for me. I realize that I could have emailed my professors to tell them that I did not have power, but I did not want to fall behind, and I am not sure if all of my professors would be understanding of power outages. I also had a group presentation on Tuesday, so I did not want to let them down due to not having power. I tried going to a local coffee shop with a generator for wi-fi, but the power was not strong enough for Zoom calls plus I usually do a lot of homework around 11pm to 2am, and coffee shops are not usually open then.
I guess I am just ranting about my situation with power outages, but I guess it is just another difficulty of doing virtual courses in college. Do any of you sometimes have problems with power outages and doing online school? If you do, have professors been understanding of it?
I'm sorry to hear that you're within one of the counties that have been heavily impacted by the fires. I also live in California but have been lucky enough to not experience too many shut offs so far (knock on wood). With the changing of seasons, hopefully the number of shut offs will decrease.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry you've been dealing with the stress of this and a pandemic! I have never experienced power outages from fires, but where I live, we have outages for two weeks because of hurricanes.
ReplyDeleteugh I would rant about that all the time too if I were you:/
ReplyDeleteIt was nice of you to be there for your classmates and the presentation. Sorry that this is affecting you so directly!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really hard situation and I think you did a great job of dealing with it and getting everything done. I've been fortunate enough to avoid power outages, but Internet outages and spotty Wi-Fi has been a big issue, so I empathize with your circumstances.
ReplyDeleteI never even thought about how power outages might affect people's online learning. I come from Arizona and we have so few weather incidents that the concept of weather affecting my learning seems impossible. If I were in your situation I would definitely be frustrated and rant about it because especially in Covid times, our internet and power are especially important for success.
ReplyDeleteThat's so frustrating! I didn't even know counties would shut off power to prevent fires, but that actually makes a lot of sense. I'm so sorry that you have to deal with that thought. It seems really inconvenient, and the rant is definitely well-deserved.
ReplyDeleteWifi has become such a necessity, you would think that the demand would cause someone to figure out how to get wifi despite power outages. I mean it might be impossible, but I have no idea how wifi works.
ReplyDeleteI totally didn't know there are towns where the power was cut for days at a time to prevent fires from starting. When the power went out for a few hours in my neighborhood, I remember feeling very uneasy, so I can't even imagine how it must have been to lose power for days at a stretch. Your commitment to keeping up with online coursework is definitely worth praising!
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm so sorry to hear about such major inconvenience. I could only imagine how stressful that must've been to find ways to still keep up with schoolwork. I wish and hope the best for these next few coming weeks, especially as we get closer to finals.
ReplyDeleteThat's so frustrating! I'm so sorry you’re dealing with that. I'm sure your professors would be understanding of the situation and be lenient with due dates, but I also understand not wanting to fall behind.
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