Posted on 10/30/2019 7:59:48 PM PDT by rintintin
The PG&E power transmission system has been allowed to decay (or hasn't been upgraded) so it can't withstand high winds without possibly causing fires. That's why electricity has had to be turned out for millions of Californians during the recent high-wind events.
Who was in power over the past decade, as the electricity system has been allowed to languish, without adequate modernization and safety upgrades?
Jerry Brown was governor from 2011 to 2019.
Kamala Harris was attorney general during the same period.
Gavin Newsom was mayor of San Francisco, PG&E's largest municipal customer.
None of these powerful politicians did anything - or at least didn't do enough - to make sure that California's power infrastructure was brought into the 21st century.
Jerry's career is already over, but Kamala and Newsom have national aspirations. No more. They can forget about that now. They are the blackout queen and king of American politics. Indeed, at the next debate, Kamala MUST be asked why as AG she didn't push PG&E to upgrade its systems. Of course, she can't give a credible answer, but the question has to be asked, to provide a fitting and final postmortem as the lights go out on her expiring presidential campaign.
Newsome will rise again in 2024. He (& his aunt Nancy P.) have the California money interests in their pocket. They are sitting out 2020 (a fool’s errand against Trump) and will have a sizeable war-chest of money to buy the Dem nomination in 2024.
I’m just wondering how well the little forest creatures are protected when a wildfire is raging through their habitat at 50 mph?
It would be a lot biggger deal if its -20 outside! Thats for damn sure
That’s normally when we lose power for 5 to 10 days at a clip. Not -20 maybe but 0 f. Not fun but most of us get by. I muse a little bit at people totally unprepared to live without modern “conveniences”. Have that attitude here or somewhere like Alaska, be prepared to freeze to death in the dark.
The "retirement home" is more along the lines of an upscale dwelling. Oddly, I think it has a boomerang shape.
Notice the defensible space in anticipation of a wild fire.
I got rid of my chainsaw, or I’d help you.
not the only infrastructure allowed to crumble
- road/highways
- Dams/ water projects (Oroville)
- schools
Yours is a common-sense response to the situation.
Thoreau’s “Self Reliance” is the key.
Nobody reads nowadays.
Thoreau’s book about Walden Pond was very much about self-reliance.
But the famous essay “Self-Reliance” was written by Emerson.
(Some of us read, but I agree it has become rare.)
Thanks...it has been four decades since I read those classics.
Time for a refresher.
Excellent reference
Fired up that bad boy today and in less than fifteen minutes cut at least two days of firewood "thanks" to the Halloween severe thunderstorms that toppled a dead locust (wonderful, hot burning "six hour" logs!) and some big ash limbs.
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