Posted on 10/10/2021 10:57:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric said it may shut off power to about 44,000 customers in California beginning on Monday due to potentially dry, gusty winds that could raise the risk electrical equipment sparking fires.
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning of extreme fire danger starting late Sunday, when offshore winds are expected to develop across parts of northern and central California. The warning extends to late Tuesday and the strongest winds are expected on Monday.
The high winds, combined with bone-dry vegetation caused by the drought, could increase the risk of trees falling on power lines and sparking a wildfire, PG&E said.
The utility began intentionally shutting off power in the fall of 2019 to prevent wildfires, after an investigation determined the Camp Fire that wiped out most of the town of Paradise was sparked by its equipment. The company filed for bankruptcy and pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter related to the 2018 fire.
It also faces numerous criminal charges for fires caused by its fraying equipment, including involuntary manslaughter charges filed last month in connection to a wildfire near the city of Redding last year that killed four people.
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“Most of our fires were started by arsonists,
Not drought”
Droughts never ‘cause’ fires.
And your electric blowers, weed whackers, mowers, trimmers, and everything else outlawed by the new “SOAR” law that Gruesome just signed.
Why can’t they bury the power lines?
“The high winds, combined with bone-dry vegetation caused by the drought”
More gaslighting.
From may till October it has never rained in California, so every year, whether we get a wet winter or not, the vegetation is bone dry.
If anything, years with wet winters may actually lead to worse fire conditions since you have a greater amount of vegetation, especially grass, providing more kindling for a potential fire.
Most of our fires were started by arsonists,
Not drought”
Droughts never ‘cause’ fires.
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Yup.
Propaganda
It’s what’s for breakfast !
( and brunch, and dinner)
Variable pitch blades is the least of the problem (besides, they have had that from the beginning — about 40 years).
The big problem is you will need a couple hundred million of the infernal machines all over the the USA. Those vistas you’ve enjoyed your entire life? Gone for good, all in the name of Gaia and the bogus fight against climate change.
If you don’t mind me asking; how does a oxygen concentrator differ from the portable tanks?
Burying power lines is very expensive, and CA and the utility companies never did locate the printing press in their basements!
Sue me once, shame on you.
Sue me twice, shame on me.
- PG&E
Q: What did Californians use before candles to light their homes?
A: Electricity.
It’s going to get windy in CA...Quick, shut off the power!!
Ban on gas powered lawn mowers....
Now that Gavin Newsom has been declared invincible by surviving the recall with 67%, he can demand the grass stop growing. Uh, I’m referring to lawns, not marijuana.
The Persian King Xerxes....
“During the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC the pontoon bridges across the Dardanelles were destroyed by a storm. In frustration Xerxes famously “retaliated” by having soldiers flog the waters with 300 lashes!”—Wikipedia
If you don’t mind me asking; how does a oxygen concentrator differ from the portable tanks?
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I don’t mind.
I’ve never used a tank.
But the only difference I can think of is that a tank can run empty, a concentrator cant as long as there is electricity to power it.
The nebulizer is more important to me as the medication works way better than an emergency inhaler.
( the good inhalers were made to ditch the aerosol they used and relaxed with something “greener”.
They now come with instructions to shake for 30 seconds before use.
How cruel and sadistic and callous is that !? All of a sudden fighting for breath you have to physically exert yourself for another 30 seconds before you can use your new and improved enviromentaly responsible , doesn’t work any better than 30 seconds before inhaler. Sick stupid sob’s.)
wind power is a joke
solar too, ca is sitting on billions of barrels of oil
PG&E should abandon the Transmission Lines and put them om Ebay for $1, let someone else provide the Delivery of Electricity from PG&E and assume all the liability that comes with it.
PG&E trying to blackmail CA into granting them immunity from liability for their wires starting fires.
If you don’t mind me asking; how does a oxygen concentrator differ from the portable tanks?
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You make a really good point.
Wouldn’t it be cheaper for pge to provide an oxygen tank ?
But oh no, gotta have a lithiamm ion battery undoubtedly made in Communist China !
( pelosi/ Gavin crime family probably has stock in the ccp battery factory imho)
I have been curious for years why SDG&E, my utility in So. OC, never has blackouts or lowers transmission. Less customers? Better management? Shorter transmission lines/infrastructure? Political influence?
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