Dave (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:11 am
I went to the news websites I could find and even the PG&E websites. No word on restoration of electric power. PG&E did say that after the wind and fire threat passes, they have 48 hours to inspect the lines before restoring power.
Think of that - PG&E didn't keep the lines in good repair, not shut off the electricity and give themselves 24 hours after the threat to inspect the lines. Just so they can't be sued again.
I haven't harsh enough curse words for that type of stupidity
My mother has been cussing a lot lately. Fortunately it has not been hot at her house. She has a generator big enough to run one of her refrigerators at a time. She's treating it like when her power goes out for a huge snow storm. Don't open the fridge unless you have to, and turn the generator on long enough each time to "top off" the cold in the fridge. She has two fridges and one freezer to do this with. Though I can imagine the freezer would stay cold through a nuclear blast, it's so full of stuff. It's a food iceberg in there.
As I mentioned before... Not a big fan of the government taking over private companies, but this one has been so mismanaged and so critical, I'd make an exception in this case. I'd envision the state taking it over, issuing bonds to get these upgrades done, then selling it off (along with the bond debt) to a new company made up of people WHO ARE NOT presently, or in the past 20 years, been in any management position at PG&E.
