Thousands of So Cal Edison customers in Santa Barbara County were warned that power may be cut over the weekend - as critical fire weather was in the forecast. But, the power company monitored the changing weather closely - and NO outages were called for. Still, these preventive power shutoffs are the new normal for California residents.

KCSB’s Kaitlyn Berrospe spoke with UCSB Emergency Manager Jim Caesar to find out how to be better prepared in the case of potentially living without electricity for several hours - or even days.