Posted on 11/20/2019 2:20:14 AM PST by Libloather
(SAN FRANCISCO) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was set to begin shutting off power Wednesday to some 375,000 people in 18 Northern and central California counties as the region faces extreme fire weather that’s lasted since October.
A virtually rainless fall has left brush bone-dry and forecasts called for low humidity and winds gusting at times to 55 mph (88.5 kph), which might fling tree branches or other debris into power lines, causing sparks that could set catastrophic fires in the region, PG&E officials said.
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The planned blackout would be the latest in a series of massive outages by the country’s largest utility, including one last month that affected nearly 2.5 million people and outraged local officials and customers who accused the utility of overkill and using blackouts as a crutch because it failed to harden its equipment to withstand fire weather.
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Chavez rationed power in Venezuela to those who did not vote for him. The people that voted for him never had a problem with blackouts.
Probably just to get you acclimated that you are in their mercy. After that process, they will start in with the food supply.
Yeah, sure. No power outages where I live. Not with PG&E.
It is raining here in southern California so they will turn off power because the power lines are wet.....
#10 Plus the state told the town several years before if they wanted money for road repair they had to reduce the number of lanes.
During the fire the roads backed up and people were burned to death.
My in-laws looked at a place in Paradise 15 years ago. Dad said the same thing.
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