Hi Suze.
BBG- as your weather cools- ours is warming up. Apart from the fire risks (prayers to Calif), it is just an assumed these days it will also mean blackouts. The worst of these in late 2016- lasted about 12 hours. Most of the state was out at one time or another. I have recently bought myself a little gas camp stove- a/c I can do without- but COFFEE????? The same happens with water- so now keep enough water for 2 days worth of coffee handy