 From the KFLS newsroom, here's what's happening. With high heat and extreme wildfire risk brings high chances and increased sensitivity to power outages. While the heightened sensitivity and automatic shutoff of power lines is to keep the community safe, the experience of a loss of power can affect those who rely on private well water differently. Kate Moen, a Central Point resident who relies on well water, has a lot of anxiety when it's fire season because she says she knows the electricity is going to be shut down.