Miloch wrote in
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...that means no posts from me.

PG&E is turning off the power!...to prevent yet more fires from fallen
power lines.

The lawsuits from this power stoppage will just be added to the ones
already filed against the utility from the last power outage/fires
from two years ago...my sister almost lost her house to that one!
She'd already lost her house in yet an earlier fire...the Middletown
fire.

"A severe wind event beginning Saturday night will lead Pacific Gas
and Electric to turn off power to nearly 400,000 Bay Area customers in
eight counties to reduce the risk of wind-damaged equipment sparking
wildfires. It was originally estimated that 850,000 customers would be
impacted in the greater Northern California area, but that estimate
rose to 940,000 Saturday morning.

"PG&E said Saturday that power outages would occur in in Alameda,
Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara Solano and Sonoma
counties beginning at around 4 p.m.


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They can't design power lines that
won't fall down in high winds? It doesn't
seem like that complicated a technology.