Well, if you bother reading up on this event, it is pretty much solely caused by high winds toppling trees and limbs that take out power lines.
People who have pretty trees in their front yards often resist having those trees severely pruned to prevent such damage. And trees are funny critters - they grow in abject disregard to the need for reliable power delivery.
Seriously, you have given no indication that you have bothered to read up on the specifics of this weather event. I expect better from you.
Knock it off.
Stating people who don’t agree with you 100% are ignorant of the facts is a logical fallacy. I’ve *studied* these phenomena for decades. To me the links provided (and read by me) were juvenile. I was hoping you could enlighten me about this particular one. I expected better from you, because I’ve “known” you for *years* on FR, and I thought you knew me better as well.