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PG&E begins new mass power shutoff likely to affect up to 450,000 people
2019-11-21
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] California's largest utility's preemptive measures come as virtually a rain-less fall has left brush dangerously dry amid forecasts for low humidity and high winds

  • Gusts of 55 mph are expected which which might fling tree branches or other debris into power lines, causing sparks that could set catastrophic fires

  • One reporting station in Napa County reporting has not seen a drop of rain since September, the first time that's happened since 1905

  • The northern Sierra Nevada has seen a fraction of an inch of rain in the past two months instead of the usual 5 inches

  • 'This lack of rain is keeping the threat of fire very real, this late in the season, in many areas', says Scott Strenfel, PG&E's principal meteorologist

  • The planned shutoff would be the latest in a series of massive outages by PG&E, including one last month that affected nearly 2.5 million people.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Funny that Sacramento always seems to have their juice flowin'.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2019-11-21 12:35  

#3  And the dumb thing is that they are not really doing this to PREVENT fire. They are only doing it so that when the fires happen, they won't be liable.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2019-11-21 08:06  

#2  Third world.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-11-21 02:11  

#1  Shitshow, Mexifornia edition
Posted by: Lex   2019-11-21 01:38  

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