I thought electricity was something I could rely on having in my house unless a major catastrophic event happened, in which case I'd have more to worry about than just electricity.

For the past year or so, my electricity goes out at least half a day every 2-3 weeks. Once, it was out from the moment I woke on a Saturday at 7am until 3-4pm or so. I live in the Mission, San Francisco. Sometimes I get a heads up by text from PG&E a few hours before, sometimes not.

My gut wants to agree with what you wrote, but I feel like re-evaluating my priors is appropriate here.