Let's Talk About...The Power of the Wind

Ok. There is nothing like a long power outage to put things in perspective.

Recently, in anticipation of what became nearly 100 mph wind gusts, Xcel shut down the power in many areas to avoid potential wildfires. The wind itself also took out other power lines resulting in over 150,000 customers without power for anywhere from a few hours to four days.

I was one of them. Maybe you were too.

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