PG&E crews clear downed trees, power lines, as thousands of Amador County residents still without power

It’s been seven days since the sound of generators filled the hilltop and mountain communities. Thousands lost power after last week’s storms brought heavy rain and snow to areas like Amador County.”It went out on Tuesday around 9 pm, so we’re going on seven days now. It’s a mess. I don’t think they can get here to work on the lines, so we’re just kind of waiting. Hopefully rain’s going to come and wash it out a little bit,” said longtime Amador County resident, Olivia Harris.As of Monday, more than 2,500 PG&E customers remained without electricity after trees and power lines were brought down by the storm.For PG&E crews, repairs only recently resumed after work was paused due to dangerous conditions.”The conditions were so dangerous that we, in some instances, had to stop work entirely. There were cases where trees actually fell on top of our vehicles. We didn’t thankfully have anybody in those vehicles at the time. they had stepped out of the vehicle to work,” said Jeff Smith, PG&E spokesperson.For residents with generators, it’s now a waiting game, hoping power is restored soon.”I have a couple of gas cans that I’m going to go refill just because they say it’s going to be back on hopefully by tomorrow, but just in case it’s not. These are my days off, right? So go to town, get gas, and be prepared for the next storm,” Harris added.PG&E expects power to be restored to the vast majority of Amador County residents by Wednesday evening. They added that they offered additional support to customers who spent more than 72 hours without power.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel