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Sapient Donkey

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8. Is there anything they can do to make this not necessary?

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2019, 12:41 PM

Oct 2019

Obviously cutting back vegetation (why didn't they do this well before now?) is part of the solution, but are there technological solutions to make the infrastructure more resilient to high winds? Going underground in very high risk areas? Are they doing that?

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California Power Outages: Fire Danger Prompts PG&E to Cut Electricity [View all] UpInArms Oct 2019 OP

500,000 .. 800,000 customers -- and aren't there on average about 2.5 people per account? progree Oct 2019 #1

Very bad news for the poor and sick who can't afford to live in the cities dalton99a Oct 2019 #2

500-800000 sounds low. My daughters in the Bay Area and my mother in Eureka are wiggs Oct 2019 #3

this AllaN01Bear Oct 2019 #4

Detailed article without x articles/month quota. So. Cal could be affected Thurs progree Oct 2019 #5

My friends in Oakland and in UC Berkeley are affected lunatica Oct 2019 #6

PG&E got fined for starting fires last year... but rather than upgrade the system to prevent it.. gfwzig Oct 2019 #7

Is there anything they can do to make this not necessary? Sapient Donkey Oct 2019 #8

Rich corps do things for rich corps, not the people who pay the bills! Brainfodder Oct 2019 #9

Small local area power backup might be one of the best applications for wind and solar in the future Bearware Oct 2019 #10