Thanks for the detailed answer. I understand a person’s condition is with them 24/7 and their life must account for it.
Even perfectly healthy people encounter the random event, or sequence of events, that lead to their death. If you have a risk, the probability is simply mathematically higher for you. I think most were prepared which is why, for now, there’s only one report of this not hundreds. This guy could’ve been prepared too and just the “lucky one” falling victim to the odds.
Per this person, even with alarms and nearby bottles, reacting in time from sleep sounds pretty dicey. Most people don’t have the militaristic training to provide a good reaction to address surprises. For myself, with no conditions, I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night to take a leak and I’m a lead balloon fumbling around. I can only imagine a no-air situation piled on top of that.
But even without patient factors, this story strikes me because I’m an engineer. I don’t like to see things designed to break. Usability is important, not just for machines, but for processes.
Unlike a random storm or earthquake cutting power out there, where there’d likely be more situations like this, this one is completely man made. The design of their “system” precipitated all of this. They are maintaining their grid predicated on a false belief of environmental harm. It’s not just the hardware, it’s the regulation driving operations. That’s what comprises their “system” and it is designed to fail.
So I’m generally in agreement with you. The patient is responsible for their condition. My beef here is more with the predicates.
So much social media traffic, not sure if this is in this thread or not, but it bears scrutiny.
What you said. And more.
Lights are going out because (no order of precedence):
1 - radical environazis prevent necessary tree/brush clearing
2 - PEPCO - a “public” utility - really really doesn’t want to spend billions in lawsuits, settling suits and the state isn’t granting indemnity
3 - it’s California, fires happen, they’ve always happened, moreso since humans stopped allowing them to happen regularly to remove excess brush and deadfall.
4 - don’t forget that a LOT of fires are set by arsonists, terrorists (I seem to be the only person on the planet who can recall the so-called palestinians putting the torch to millenia-old cedar forests in Israel a few short decades ago and this being part of the Manchester al qaeda manual).
5 - having a backup plan is vital, for individuals, for businesses, states, countries. Proper management of funds and environment are vital. California needs to be sued in federal court for supporting, protecting, defending, financing a foreign invasion rather than use money the rest of the country has poured into it for what it’s been intended like infrastructure construction/repair/maintenance.
6 - California, like Venezuela, should stand as a shining example of exactly what happens when “progressive” (democrat, socialist, communist) “feels” are applied to nations, nation states, states, and cities, schools, communities, families.
FWIW.