A roadside sign warns motorists of extreme fire danger on Grizzly Peak Boulevard, in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. Due to high winds and dry conditions PG&E will turn off the power to over 361,000 customers in 36 counties to protect them from possible wildfires caused by downed power lines. The National Weather Service predicts offshore winds from the north peaking at higher elevations up to 70 mph.
“While this is less than what we saw earlier, these winds are still strong and dry conditions prevail,” the agency said on Twitter. The electricity shutdowns marked the fifth time this year that Pacific Gas & Electric, the nation’s largest utility, has cut power to customers to reduce the risk of downed or fouled power lines or other equipment could ignite blazes during bone-dry weather conditions and gusty winds.
The conditions could equal those during devastating fires in California’s wine country in 2017 and last year’s Kincade Fire that devastated Sonoma County north of San Francisco last October, the National Weather Service said. Fire officials said PG&E transmission lines sparked that fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes and caused nearly 100,000 people to flee.
How will they charge their elects cars? 😅
This happens every year, why would anyone want to move to California anymore?
P.G.&E. has had gas pipes blow up and destroy neighborhoods, electric wires spark forest fires, all due to poor maintenance in both areas. They should have been forced over to total bankruptcy and let an efficient utility buy them out.
How is all that working out for you under your Democratic governor. You can probably bet it doesn’t affect him or Pelosi.
HendyLA maybe CA should reconsider going all electric by a certain year. Don't think we have the infrastructure for it by 2040.
CA is a third world country.
It’s fine just act like you’re camping
Electric cars now!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Either you start burying power lines in California, or increase state credits for solar installations and create a decentralized power grid. Just do something.
CA deserves all of what it gets. Remove your highlords and ur life will get better. very quickly. Remember ur state sued the utilities and now the utilities are taking action ur gov wants. do u ever Notice ur never in the equation on anything?
Eye opening!
If only the Democrats that run your state had done their job and allocated the money to the forestry for maintenance and preventive burning this would not be happening right now
Once again...the gov't should provide small, portable solar units for use in emergencies.
If your government locally and state wide have not done their job by trimming back trees around powerlines, you are the voter and you do have a voice vote them out, Only you can make your life better show the politician they cannot get away with manipulating you in this way
Vote republican!
realDonaldTrump just won California
So, why didn't they rake the yard or better yet Don t move into the woods and run electricity without preventative homesteading. Environmentalist exercise flawed sciences!!
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