When Sebastopol, California, resident Oren Noah lost his power without warning three days after the Kincade Fire broke out in Sonoma County on Oct. 23, he was confused.

"We were outside of the Pacific Gas and Electric power outage warning area," Noah says. "We also noticed greatly reduced connectivity because our Comcast cable and landline were both down and the cellular strength was lower than usual."

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