Posted on 10/30/2019 2:47:05 PM PDT by lowbridge
Many people are without cell service after PG&E cut power to two milllion people and wildfires burn across California.
In Marin County, close to 50 percent of all cell sites are down. In Sonoma County, 17 percent of sites are without power.
"The biggest concern is that when it comes to 911 calls, 81 percent of 911 calls are made from your wireless phone so having cell sites down it's an incredible public safety concern that consumers cannot access emergency services," said Ana Maria Johnson with the California Public Utilities Commission.
Johnson said cell towers don't have back-up power systems because cell companies are not required to do so.
The Public Advocates Office, an independent organization within the California Public Utilities Commission, has petitioned the CPUC to require cellular companies to have generators and back-up batteries on-site.
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Didn’t California have a plan to make setting up HAM radio repeaters cost a fortune. What happens when cell phones don’t work?
Probably wise to not depend on the gadgets as much as we do and plan for a time when cell phones don’t work.
Mine worked in Willow Creek.
Maybe that will get the residents of California pissed off at their government. Doubtful.
The more dependent for something the population is on the government, the more they will use it to control and punish the masses.
And as times goes on, more and more people only have cellular phones, and don’t even have a landline phone still their houses.
Lots of unintended consequences of cutting power to avoid fires. Unfortunately we are seeing major fires in spite of cutting off the power.
So much for calling for help.
Yes but those evil generators burn fossil fuel! Can't have that!
And every mile or so? Lol.
TPTB want us all to be villagers
more stuff for them
yes its pretty amazing, a corrupt power company controlling a whole gaggle of corrupt political hacks and “regulators” (ha ha, what a f...ing farce!)...
deciding to turn OFF people’s power (note that they still sent out their hyper-inflated monthly bills DURING the power blackout...many people got their d*** bills during the power outage, how’s THAT for corporate Public Relations!?)
$300 to pay... for a blackout...
The whole situation is crazy.
CA is starting to make Venezuela look like a well run country.
exactly!
in many places, not only did the cell phones go out.. but so did the landline wired phones
LOL. Require backup power systems. Which the cost for will be passed along to consumers, who will then whine about the cost.
Yeah l was just thinking they should get Maduro to help run things.
“No lights! No motorcar! Not a single luxury!”
They don’t/didn’t have cell phones back in the pre-electrification age.
50-70 mph winds over much of SOCAL. Last night and today. Maybe even a little cold with the windchill factor.
What do the homeless do? Do their tent cities blow away?
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