They are still dealing with wildfires as we write, though.
The Perfect Storm.
A preview of what the Green New Deal would be like.
What a screwed-up mess!
Fires are currently raging near LA
Will the power be cut off there? Will illegals be the most affected? Can squatters in tents exist with no power?
I can’t say enough good things about oil lamps. You don’t need a wildfire to find the sudden need - I have a few hanging on shepherd’s hooks throughout the house. But now Kalifornians are discovering the necessity through their own myopic, self-righteous energy policies. Well, since they think they know what’s best, let ‘em have it. Good and hard.
Here’s hoping that the leftists who have been promoting a barrative that socialism leads to utopia finally wake up. Their “green” policies led to this situation.
It does not make sense to pay some of the highest utility rates in the nation, yet have service that rivals that in third world dung holes like most African countries.
It is amazing that, with one of the most freedom and prosperity focused Presidents in my lifetime, California can still manage to Venezuela itself. That takes real effort.
Green New Deal beta testers.
Maybe a few days of doing without A/C and other conveniences will convince them that they need to better maintain their forests.
It’s one thing for a major utility to cut off power to the folks in rural areas. But you’d have to be crazy to black out Los Angeles for any significant time.
I’m just thinking that if we do see a second Civil War, there won’t be field armies maneuvering anywhere. But perhaps big cities will experience power loss due to sabotage. That won’t be pretty for the folks on the Left. It will be like General Sherman marching through Georgia.
“Californians are learning to live like the Amish...”
No, Californians are learning to live like the Venezuelans.
Dear Leader Newsom is bestowing on them all the blessings of socialism.
A lot of newly minted preppers have been created. Will they learn to not rely on big mommy government to take care of them?
My in laws are in day 3 of this up in El Dorado County.
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Meanwhile, all 49 other states are enjoying their uninterrupted electricity....
Pretty soon they will be begging Trump to help them out.
Sure blame it on PG&E, blame it on the forest service, blame it on anything other than the true cause of this mess, THE LIBERAL POLITICIANS in Sacramento.
” to prevent wildfires amid heavy, dry winds”
BULLS**T.
There were NO winds. Yesterday was an ordinary bright clear day with virtually no winds at all on the coast line or the Bay Area. Yet they had the power off for almost 20 hours.
It’s like mass hypnosis: they keep repeating something until everyone repeats it with them.
So repeat this: there was NO WIND. Just BS from PGE.
Fact 1: Most of these fires are not caused by downed power lines.
Fact 2: The public water system requires electricity for the water pumps to work.
Question: When a fire does occur in these areas, where do the fire fighters get their water since the fire hydrants will be dry?
Our energy supply needs are like a cake. All wind and solar can ever be is the frosting.
A once proud state becomes a lab experiment for one failed leftist policy after another.