‘I’m freezing’: Dozens of low-income seniors in Colfax have had no power for three days – KCRA Sacramento
PG&E does not have an estimated timeline of when power in Placer County will be restored
‘I’m freezing’: Dozens of low-income seniors in Colfax have had no power for three days
PG&E does not have an estimated timeline of when power in Placer County will be restored
E THHARDEST HIT COUNTIES CONTINUE TO BE EL DORADO AND NEVADA. EDIE: KCRA 3’S BRITTANY HOPE IS LIVE IN COLFAX, WHERE MANY ARE STILL WITHOUT WEPO BRITTANY, IS THERE ANYWHERRFO RESIDENTS TO TAKE SHELTER, OR GET HELP BRITTANY: AS FAR AS SHELTERS, THE COUNTY SAYS NO HAVNEE BEEN SET UP. BUT THERE ARE CHARGING STATIONS. FOLKS CAN COME HERE TO THE COLFAX VETERANMES MORIAL HALL, TO CHARGPHONE ES, LAPTOPS, AND MEDICAL DEVICES. IT’S CLOSED NOW, BUT WILL RE OPEN TOMORROW AT 9:0A.0 RIGHT NOW, THE SNOW DISTORTED COMING DOWN REALLY HARD. IT IS WELL BELOW FREEZING. PEOPLE IN THE AREA AT TELL US THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO GET HELP. AFTER DAYS OF BEING SNOWED IN, THE CANYON VIEW SENIOR APARTMENTS IN COLF AAXRE FINALLY GETTING HELP DIGGING OUT, FROM THIS CITY SNOWPL.OW SOME HAVE BEEN TAKING MAERTT INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. >> WE’RE OUT HERE DIGGING. BRIT TANY: DAVID KELLER H LIVAS AT THIS LOW-INCOME SENIOR HOUSING FACILITY FOR 30 YEARS. >> SOME OF THESE PEOPLE,HE TY’RE SO COLD RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN’T EVEN COME OUT. BRITTA: NYTHE 67-UNIT DEVELOPMENT LOST POWER DINURG THIS HUGE BOUT OF WINTER WEATHER. AND DOESN’T HAVE A GENERORAT. >> THAT’S THE BIG CONCERN, IS WARMTH. BRITTANY: BOB LIVES ON SITE DAN HAS SPENT THE PAST FEW DAYS MAKING SURE HIS COMMUNITISY SURVIVING. >> MOST EVERYBODY IN HERE HAS GOT SOME FORM OF DISABILY. EITHER PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTNAIO SOME HAVE AL3.L BRITTANY: ACCESS TO THE APARTMENTS IS UP THIS HILL, WHICH NEEDS FOUR WHEELRI. D HIS BIGGEST CONCERN TONIGHT IS FOR HIS DIRECT NEIGHBOR. >> I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. >> SHE’S GOING TO BE LEFT HERE ALONE, NO IN HOME SUPPORT WORKER. BRITTANY: LYNN, LEFT ALONE, AND IN THE DK.AR >> THEY T LEELDERLY PEOPLE, MANY OF US WITH MEDICAL PROBLS, LIVE LIKE THIS? GET US A VOUCHER. PUT US IN HOL.A NONE OF US CAN AFFORD THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE’RE LOW INCOME. THIS IS HUD HOUSIN BRITTANY: WHEN KCRA SPOKE WITH PLACER COUNTY OFFICIALS TODAY, THEY RECOMMENDED PEOPLE LIKE LYNN TO CALL 2-1.-1 >> I CAN’T DIAL OUT ON MY CELL PHE.ON BRITTANY: LUCKILY, MY CELL HAD SOME RECEPTION. >> FOR ENGLISH, PLEASE PRESS 2. >> MY NAME IS LYNN. L-Y-N-N. SHERMA BRITTANY: HELP IS NOW, HOPEFULLY, OTHN E WAY. >> WE’RE FEELING PREYTT STRANDED. AND THAT’S NOT FUN BECAUSE WE’RE ALL SENIORS. BRITTANY: WE ASKED THE MANAGER, WHO IS ALSO A SENIOR LIVING ON PROPERTY, ABOUT MOTEL VOUCHE.RS SHE SAID, SHE’S ASKING THE DEVELOPMENT’S OWNERS ABOUT THAT. WE TRIED TO GET AHOLD OF TM HE WELL BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. SOME HOPE. >> FIRE DEPARTME.NT BRITTANY: WE SAW PLACER COUNTY AND CAL FIRE FIREFIGHTERS, DOING SOME DOOR KNOCKING. FAMILY MEMBERS, COMING BY TO RESCUE THEIR ELDERLY LOVED ONES. BUT OTHERS, ARE LEFT IN E FREEZING COLD TONIGHT. >> THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BE SOMEHOW TRANSPORTEOUD T OF HERE TO WARM ACPL THE BIGGEST THING I HEAR, IS I’M FREENGZI I’M CO.LD THEY GOT COLD AND BLANKETS AND BLANKETS OVER SWEATSHIRTS. BRIT:NY ACCESS IS AN ISSUE. YOU CAN SEE THAT BEHIND US ON THIS HELL. I DO HAVE A GOOD UPDAT E. FOR BOBND A LNYN A GOOD SAMARITAN CAME AND RESCUED THEM AND GOTHE TM A HOTEL. HOW ABOUT THIS? SOMEONE WHO SAW THEIR STORY AT 10:00, SAID THEY WANTED TO TAKE CAREF O THEM ON THURSDAY AND THE NIGHTS AFTER. IT IS ARRAY OHAF PPINESS THROUGH ALL OF THIS TOUGH THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. THEY DO HAVE SHELTER TONIGHT AND IT SEEMS LIKE OTHER FOLKS ARE GETTING CONNECTED TO HELP AS WELL. LIVE IN COLFAX, BRITTANY HOPE, KCRA 3 NS.EW GULSTAN: THAT IS AWESOME. IEED MY
‘I’m freezing’: Dozens of low-income seniors in Colfax have had no power for three days
PG&E does not have an estimated timeline of when power in Placer County will be restored
Nearly 10,000 people living in Placer County remain without power as of Tuesday night, according to PG&E.The widespread outage across the Sierra is due to ongoing winter weather.The Canyon View Senior Apartments in Colfax have had no power for three days. The 67-unit low-income senior housing development does not have a generator.”Some of these people, they’re so cold right now, they can’t even come out,” David Keller told KCRA 3. The 74-year-old has been using an old mining shovel to dig his car out of the snow.Most of the vehicles on the property have been snowed in and access in and out of the development is limited due to its uphill location that requires four-wheel drive. Tuesday afternoon, a city of Colfax snowplow came to the rescue and helped clear roads and driveways.”We’re feeling pretty stranded,” Nadia, the manager of the development, who’s also a senior living on-site, said. “This is a seniors’ community so it’s tough.” Tuesday afternoon, a city of Colfax snowplow helped plow roads and driveways, but access is still an issue.”Most everybody in here has got some form of disability,” Bob Poggi told KCRA 3. “They have people who come and check on them, but help can’t come in.”Poggi has spent three days checking in on his neighbors, some of whom have medical equipment that requires electricity or are immobile.His biggest concern is for his next-door neighbor, Lynn Sherman, whose home support worker isn’t able to access the development.Sherman told KCRA 3 she is freezing inside her unit, has a lack of cell reception, and doesn’t have family nearby.”They let elderly people, many of us with medical problems, live like this?” she said. She says a hotel or motel voucher would help.”None of us can afford that kind of stuff,” she explained. “We’re low-income.”When KCRA 3 spoke with the on-site manager, she said she is asking the property’s owner. We tried to get ahold of Preservation Partners Management Group, Inc. as well but did not receive a response.Placer County and Cal Fire firefighters went to the apartments Tuesday night to check on residents.County officials ask those who do need help or emergency shelter to call 211.For the latest information on resources, clean-up efforts and charging stations, visit the county’s website here.There are currently two charging stations available:Colfax Veterans Memorial Hall22 Sunset Circle Will open Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m. Auburn Library350 Nevada St.Will open Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m.
COLFAX, Calif. —
Nearly 10,000 people living in Placer County remain without power as of Tuesday night, according to PG&E.
The widespread outage across the Sierra is due to ongoing winter weather.
The Canyon View Senior Apartments in Colfax have had no power for three days. The 67-unit low-income senior housing development does not have a generator.
“Some of these people, they’re so cold right now, they can’t even come out,” David Keller told KCRA 3.
The 74-year-old has been using an old mining shovel to dig his car out of the snow.
Most of the vehicles on the property have been snowed in and access in and out of the development is limited due to its uphill location that requires four-wheel drive. Tuesday afternoon, a city of Colfax snowplow came to the rescue and helped clear roads and driveways.
“We’re feeling pretty stranded,” Nadia, the manager of the development, who’s also a senior living on-site, said. “This is a seniors’ community so it’s tough.”
Tuesday afternoon, a city of Colfax snowplow helped plow roads and driveways, but access is still an issue.
“Most everybody in here has got some form of disability,” Bob Poggi told KCRA 3. “They have people who come and check on them, but help can’t come in.”
Poggi has spent three days checking in on his neighbors, some of whom have medical equipment that requires electricity or are immobile.
His biggest concern is for his next-door neighbor, Lynn Sherman, whose home support worker isn’t able to access the development.
Sherman told KCRA 3 she is freezing inside her unit, has a lack of cell reception, and doesn’t have family nearby.
“They let elderly people, many of us with medical problems, live like this?” she said.
She says a hotel or motel voucher would help.
“None of us can afford that kind of stuff,” she explained. “We’re low-income.”
When KCRA 3 spoke with the on-site manager, she said she is asking the property’s owner.
We tried to get ahold of Preservation Partners Management Group, Inc. as well but did not receive a response.
Placer County and Cal Fire firefighters went to the apartments Tuesday night to check on residents.
County officials ask those who do need help or emergency shelter to call 211.
For the latest information on resources, clean-up efforts and charging stations, visit the county’s website here.
There are currently two charging stations available:
- Colfax Veterans Memorial Hall
- 22 Sunset Circle
- Will open Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m.
- 22 Sunset Circle
- Auburn Library
- 350 Nevada St.
- Will open Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m.
