Many of the internet comments blame the family. Makes me sick. The man had a backup and they had a generator. Because the power loss was during his sleep by the time he awoke he was too feeble to get to the spare tank. It seems as though commenters are suggesting that this family should have been prepared for every contingency with alarms & automatic backup. That is akin to saying that there can be no reliance on the power grid or notification from central authority.
The other factoid that is ignored is that only the primary contact was notified so if you live in a condo, apartment complex etc, you got no notice.
Why do we try people for murder if they kill the terminally ill? Why don’t we say the person could have died at any time anyway? Because those arguments are fallacious.
The Governor caused this death and much misery by promoting his liberal agenda at the expense of Californians. They were misguided in electing Democrats who promised the world and gave them circles of Hell complete with streets full of feces, rat borne disease, solar panels & electric cars that are useless in a power failure.
California is a National disgrace and I hope there is push back from the rest of the Nation not just a helping hand. Screwing with the power grid & water supply is an assault on American citizens. As POTUS said fire management has been neglected against advise of the forestry department. The remedy is very simple. Only a fool protects smelts & owls and leaves people to burn in forest fires that could have been prevented or contained early.
PG&E had announced the shut-offs were going to happen at night.
I think you are making the point I was trying to make, who’s in charge here? It didn’t seem there was advanced notice, a change of command for spreading information. Chaos in all caps!