“Killed dozens” I believe the number was 84 to 87 people. Its those pesky facts that get softened and forgotten...
The loss of life and property was preventable. PG&E and the state agencies that were supposed to monitor and maintain the land are also as guilty.
Maybe they should put Hunter Biden on the board. He knows nothing about electric production and transmission so he would be a fine candidate.
A lot of those folks died in Paradise waiting for their call to evacuate. The town’s plan was to evacuate in zones to avoid blocking the limited exit routes. The residents had been trained to wait for their evacuation call. However, the fire spread so fast the telephone system was saturated and many people did not get a call. I heard that something like 2/3 of the dead were found in their homes.
We have always had wildfires in California, but the major reasons damage and loss of life are worse now is that we have built larger and larger communities in areas that used to lightly populated if at all and the 'environmentalists' with help from liberal politicians that have eliminated logging and clearing of brush to the point now that utilities cannot maintain their right of ways.
One of the stupidest things I have read recently was someone spouting about how we had less damage and extensive fires in the past because Native Americans conducted controlled burns as wise stewards of the forest and land. Really? Our forestry service was lucky if they could control a planned burn 30 to 40% of the time with modern equipment.
I do agree that the level of life and property loss could have been significantly lower if the state wouldn't place asinine 'environmental policy' in place. Note I didn't say all environmental policies were bad, but some are definitely asinine.