Posted on 10/07/2019 5:52:34 PM PDT by Crazieman
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said Monday that it might preemptively cut power this week to much of Northern California — including almost all of the Bay Area — to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires during dry and windy weather.
The shut-off watch, covering 29 of the state’s 58 counties, is unprecedented in scope and could grow as forecasts come into focus. Customers in parts of the counties could lose power as soon as Wednesday morning, and the watch extends through Thursday.
Seven of the nine Bay Area counties — all but San Francisco and Marin — were advised of the potential outage, along with the North Coast, the northern parts of the Central Valley and the northern and central Sierra and foothills. The company cited a “potentially widespread, strong and dry wind event.”
A shut-off watch precedes a warning of an actual planned outage.
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I am trying to give a crap, but since it is California and due to their electing stupid people to run things, I just can’t give a flip!
Can’t get blamed for wildfires if you’re not providing electricity.
Is this for the very high voltage lines that are uninsulated? Because in all my life I have never seen functioning powerlines spark.
“...Is this for the very high voltage lines that are uninsulated? Because in all my life I have never seen functioning powerlines spark...”
I”ve worked in the power business for years. Normally functioning lines do NOT spark...unless they’re messed with. The communists say the sparked and started wildfires. Best thing to do is cut all the power so the communists will have to find another capital source to blame. Works for me!!!
If you called this place Mexifornia you would only be 5 years premature.
LOL!
They deserve it.
All of it.
The enviro-nutz won’t let the utility trim the trees below the powerlines. When there is a windstorm, the trees touch the lines, generating sparks. The sparks grow into wildfires.
Hoist, petard, one’s own. Some assembly required.
Will this affect Free Republic?
Some lines broke in very high winds and sparked a fire that the power company got sued for and lost m(b?)illions.
I would take the chance of that again, either.
OF COURSE they are going to shut off the power.
The company is bankrupt and there is serious threat of charging company officers with criminal negligence. Even manslaughter.
It’s NOT a function of being a “third world craphole” as you assert.
In fact, 98% of California is both cleaner and more beautiful than where you live, wherever that may be.
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
H. L. Mencken
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In the Midwest, we trim the trees back a bit.
And yes, we do have wildfires here.
So San Fran will be covered in poop, used needles, and in the dark? Yet the NRA is a terrorist organisation?
Why do I get the feeling that “wildfires” is definitely NOT the reason for the blackouts....?
Well, we’re ready.
I did a lot of canning this summer.
I am trying to give a crap, but since it is California and due to their electing stupid people to run things, I just can’t give a flip!
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When you elected Obama for President, did you do it because you just didn’t give a flip about America?
What? You say you didn’t vote for Obama but election cheating and the MSM put him in office?
Welcome to my world. A world where election cheating and the MSM put worthless traitors in office in CA.
Yeah all the IndianH1B trash working there. F@ck ‘em
https://www.kqed.org/news/11304045/pge-is-using-h-1b-visas-to-send-it-jobs-overseas
The home generator industry has got to love this!
The enviro-nutz won’t let the utility trim the trees below the powerlines. When there is a windstorm, the trees touch the lines, generating sparks. The sparks grow into wildfires.
Also, the eco nazis will not allow farmers, ranchers and home owners to clear the brush from under the power lines and from the roads and under the power lines.
Hope you canned enough electricity.
Good Luck.
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