No, they can't even get POOP off the streets of San Francisco.
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Posted on 10/13/2019 6:59:58 AM PDT by janetjanet998
AN FRANCISCO — It was a problem that California had come to dread. Weather models were signaling extreme winds and dry conditions from one end of the state to the other. The risk of wildfires was high.
Pacific Gas & Electric, the giant utility whose power lines and transformers have been blamed for a series of disastrous wildfires in recent years, was determined to prevent another one. Just before last weekend, the company informed state officials that it might shut off power to a large area of Northern California, potentially leaving millions of people in the dark — something no United States utility had done in recent memory. It made that news public on Monday.
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“Residents were left asking why so many people had to lose power and whether rolling blackouts would become routine as climate change makes wildfires more frequent and intense.”
I know, it’s absolute crap. California is and has been tinder dry in the summer FOREVER. If there are any increases in wildfires it’s most likely due to the huge increase in population (thanks open borders) and the fact that leftists have been in control for many decades.
If you repeat a lie often enough, people begin to believe that it’s the truth. Very sad.
It is a macro on their computers.
If they type C they get climate change.
If they type T they get Trump. ;-)
We are fighting a war against stupid, and stupid is winning.
Rey wrote “...be in a facility that has one, seek other shelter when they gave more than 72 hours notice.”
If you are going to die within minutes of a power outage, I would have a backup plan. Rey offered two good ones and the second one is zero cost. Power goes out — that’s just a fact of life. I would NEVER stake my life on having 100% reliable power. That is just stupid.
Some charitable organization couldn’t provide him a short-term backup power supply? Are there no family members who could have done that?
No compensation for excess? That’s chutzpah for ‘ya.
I’d have thought it would drive the meter backwards; so CA utilities do sometime to prevent gears turning in reverse?
I can totally believe that.
PG&E Just lost an 11 billion settlement from the last big fire. Just filed for bankruptcy. I don’t blame them for shutting it down going forward.
It is indeed the Hitler (not Goebbels) Big Lie.
Actually three things. You left out oxygen.
The article fails to mention that when PG&E was not doing enough infrastructure maintenance and upgrades, it was spending $2.8 billion extra buying “renewable” energy, to satisfy state mandates written in law, when cheaper wholesale electricity was available from the national grid.
Screw PG&E. Firing competent American Engineers and replacing them the low-quality, low-skilled Indian H1Bs.
Commifornia deserves the turd-world mess it’s in now as it’s companies and the state imported millions of turd-worlders. Yes, Indians and Communist Chinese shit wherever they want in their home countries.
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Good point—one which I have not seen anyone address...
I call BS on that whole story. My father had lung disease and was on constant oxygen. There was a small tank that fed a nasal cannula. He filled that small tank from a larger tank that looked like a small beer keg. No electronics or electricity needed, it all worked off of pressure.
> If they had generation plants, like NG, nuclear and the like close to where the power is needed, like where people live close together, there would be little need for interstate transmission. <
Excellent point! (President Trump, are you listening? You might want to mention this in a tweet or at a news conference.)
> My father had lung disease and was on constant oxygen. There was a small tank that fed a nasal cannula. He filled that small tank from a larger tank that looked like a small beer keg. <
I know what you mean there. However, there are now machines that take oxygen from the air and concentrate it for use by the patient. No need for that bulky beer keg thing. But those concentrators run on electricity.
Well, who owns the transmission lines? PG&E got sued.
It was my understanding based on photos that the distribution lines parted and started the fires.
at least they can drive their coal-powered electric cars to a shelter...
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No, they can't even get POOP off the streets of San Francisco.
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What a neat way of getting leverage from decades old art! Nice.
Don’t worry they can practice again in about a week (another wind event)
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