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Tempers flare as millions in California endure power outages from PG&E
LA Times ^ | October 10. 2019 | Taryn Luna, Maria L. La Ganga, Patrick McGreevy, Joseph Serna

Posted on 10/10/2019 6:54:32 AM PDT by C19fan

Classes were canceled. Frozen foods melted. Hospitals switched to emergency generators. Blooms withered in florists’ coolers. Unused food was jettisoned at shuttered restaurants. Lines formed at gas stations. Cellphones faded out. That’s what happened Wednesday when the state’s largest utility shut off power to millions of Californians in a drastic attempt to avoid the killer wildfires that have charred hundreds of thousands of acres, caused billions of dollars in damage and spurred cries for widespread change in how electricity is delivered over the state’s aging grid.

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TOPICS: Weather
KEYWORDS: california; fire; humor; irony; karma; prepper; preppers; shtf
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You voted for this Californians, so suck it up.
1 posted on 10/10/2019 6:54:32 AM PDT by C19fan
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Hahaha hahahaha hahaha. ..sorry...can’t help it.


2 posted on 10/10/2019 6:56:38 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Want to know your family genealogy? Run for political office.)
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Frozen foods melted. Hospitals switched to emergency generators. Blooms withered in florists’ coolers. Unused food was jettisoned at shuttered restaurants. Lines formed at gas stations. Cellphones faded out.

Venezuela in California. Socialism at work.

3 posted on 10/10/2019 6:57:33 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: C19fan; Norski

Praying for the physical darkness to lead people to the light. The spiritual AND political light. The Democrats who run this state must be replaced.


4 posted on 10/10/2019 6:57:40 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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This is a beautiful dilemma for them.

Popcorn time!


5 posted on 10/10/2019 6:57:50 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Yep, their choice of leader, their result.


6 posted on 10/10/2019 6:57:50 AM PDT by rstrahan
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Funny they’re ALL blaming the power company! How many Marxists in Sacramento does it take to run a power grid?!


7 posted on 10/10/2019 6:58:38 AM PDT by gr8eman (Only the mediocre are always at their best)
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Heck, I’m surprised the liberals even allow PG&E to ever turn the electricity back on.


8 posted on 10/10/2019 6:58:39 AM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and Americans!)
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Proper Forest Management will help. Probably to late.


9 posted on 10/10/2019 6:59:14 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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a drastic attempt to avoid the killer wildfires that have charred hundreds of thousands of acres

Are not some of these wildfires the result of poor forest management practices stemming from political forces aligned with environmental organizations?

10 posted on 10/10/2019 6:59:14 AM PDT by Starboard
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President Trump Definitely needs to go to the Peoples Republic of Californicate and turn this State around!


11 posted on 10/10/2019 6:59:46 AM PDT by wetgundog
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To: goodnesswins

The new Venezuela..


12 posted on 10/10/2019 7:00:02 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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Look at bright side Californians, you are cutting carbon emissions.


13 posted on 10/10/2019 7:00:10 AM PDT by C19fan
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Let’s try and remember we have FRiends that live in Cali. It’s not funny for them.


14 posted on 10/10/2019 7:00:36 AM PDT by TomServo
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I am getting a real jolt of schadenfreude from this.


15 posted on 10/10/2019 7:01:08 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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How many Marxists in Sacramento does it take to run a power grid?!

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Not to worry. Higher taxes and bigger government will fix the problem. /sarc


16 posted on 10/10/2019 7:01:42 AM PDT by Starboard
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teeeheheheheheee he agree


17 posted on 10/10/2019 7:01:59 AM PDT by barbarianbabs
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Available here without subscription:

https://heraldpublicist.com/tempers-flare-as-millions-in-california-endure-power-outages-from-pge/


18 posted on 10/10/2019 7:02:02 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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“You voted for this Californians, so suck it up.”

Or leave. It’s almost like California’s leaders are trying to get people to leave the state.


19 posted on 10/10/2019 7:02:09 AM PDT by cymbeline
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Atlas Shrugged


20 posted on 10/10/2019 7:02:19 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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