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Re: PSA: California - Wed midnight PG&E shutting off electric power in 34 counties - DP - 10-09-2019
I heard on the news that the power will be off only until they can check all the power lines in the areas that are affected. Maybe five days.
All the power lines? That's a lot of lines to check, especially in the more remote areas. I'm thinking more than five days. And, also some overtime to the employees who are checking the lines.
All you customers will see a fatter bill arriving...
Re: PSA: California - Wed midnight PG&E shutting off electric power in 34 counties - DeusxMac - 10-09-2019
Markintosh wrote:
...far too many people...
Resources are not infinite.
Re: PSA: California - Wed midnight PG&E shutting off electric power in 34 counties - ArtP - 10-09-2019
I can't imagine this.
In Michigan we have snow and ice storms that cause tree limbs to fall on power lines that may cause power lines to break or fail.
Our utility company has spent a good majority of the fair weather months this spring and summer trimming back trees. It makes some of the trees look silly but it is for the greater good of the block.
To turn off power for up to 5 days "just in case the wind snaps a power line and starts a fire" is just unimaginable.
Re: PSA: California - Wed midnight PG&E shutting off electric power in 34 counties - RgrF - 10-09-2019
Imagine the Michigan upper peninsula populated with millions of dead and dying trees and you might get a feel for what California has to deal with.
Re: PSA: California - Wed midnight PG&E shutting off electric power in 34 counties - wave rider - 10-09-2019
PGE has been lax in upkeep spending. The transmission line that started the Camp fire was a 100 years old.
Re: PSA: California - Wed midnight PG&E shutting off electric power in 34 counties - btfc - 10-09-2019
Possibly coming to my Oregon place. I'm not currently connected, but there are lines coming on to the property. I pay a yearly maintenance fee, or I'd have to pay to replace them if I wanted to hook up and they were damaged or destroyed. Power goes out around there regularly in the winter due to trees falling on the lines during storms.
Re: PSA: California - Wed midnight PG&E shutting off electric power in 34 counties - NewtonMP2100 - 10-09-2019
....are coming.....where....?!?!?!?
Re: PSA: California - Wed midnight PG&E shutting off electric power in 34 counties - vision63 - 10-09-2019
RgrF wrote:
Imagine the Michigan upper peninsula populated with millions of dead and dying trees and you might get a feel for what California has to deal with.
The entire state of Michigan has fewer people than the single county of L.A.
Re: PSA: California - Wed midnight PG&E shutting off electric power in 34 counties - vision63 - 10-09-2019
The shutdown is the stuff criminals dream of.
Re: PSA: California - Wed midnight PG&E shutting off electric power in 34 counties - RgrF - 10-09-2019
vision63 wrote:
[quote=RgrF]
Imagine the Michigan upper peninsula populated with millions of dead and dying trees and you might get a feel for what California has to deal with.
The entire state of Michigan has fewer people than the single county of L.A.
City of LA has it's own power grid, it's not affected by PG&E. The rest of LA County is in the same PG&E boat but the outages are pretty much confined to rural and northern counties. I didn't think Oakland would be included.