Friday, October 11, 2019

FREEZING IN THE DARK

by Bob Walsh

As I write this (Thursday morning) about 2 million denizens of the formerly great state of California in about 700,000 households have no power due to PG&E cutting off the power to prevent possible wild fires started by their equipment. Since they have to visually inspect the high power lines prior to re-energizing them some of these people will be without power for a week. People are, for the most part, severely pissed off.

No power means for the most part no cash registers, no credit card machines, no gas pumps, no well pumps, no schools and no traffic lights. Plus fires started by people using generators who are maybe not thinking clearly about where they are placing them or how to refuel them.

There is at least one report of someone firing on a PG&E truck. Several PG&E offices had barriers installed in front of their buildings and guards in place to protect the employees, who are catching a lot of grief over the situation.

1 comment:

Trey Rusk said...

California has severe weather/winds, earthquakes and fires. Just like Hurricanes hitting the Gulf Coast. That isn't going to change. What I don't understand is why people are surprised when it happens.