Losethem (imported) wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 5:47 pm I'm a native of California. It has a varied geography and climates. One part of the state can be quite different than another. I lived in the area where a lot of these fires are prone to happen. We've not had it go through where my mother presently lives, but it's come close a few times.

A joke among Californians is that California only has two seasons - Fire and mudslide. Right now it's fire season, it will be mudslide season starting in a month or so.

DO YOU

as a Californian

REMEMBER when people put sprinkler systems

on their roof ridge lines?

Moi

of California

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

moi621 (imported) wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:26 pm DO YOU

as a Californian

REMEMBER when people put sprinkler systems

on their roof ridge lines?

Moi

of California

That was because they were stupid enough to shingle their roof with wood. I doubt it ever worked.

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.

I just heard from him. He's fine. Power just came back on there around 5PM EST. The winds are blowing the other direction now, so for the moment, he's safe.

Paolo wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:32 pm I just heard from him. He's fine. Power just came back on there around 5PM EST. The winds are blowing the other direction now, so for the moment, he's safe.

Not sure if it makes sense for him, but he may want to invest in some solar panels. Sounds like most of California needs them.

rogerwpbfl (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:14 pm Not sure if it makes sense for him, but he may want to invest in some solar panels. Sounds like most of California needs them.

Does California or their power company offer an incentive to install solar?

Paolo wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:32 pm I just heard from him. He's fine. Power just came back on there around 5PM EST. The winds are blowing the other direction now, so for the moment, he's safe.

Good to hear.

Thank you all for your concern. We were without power, but we still had water. My wife refused to budge during the "Mandatory Evacuation" of the western half of our county. Half the neighborhood stayed and we organized in case we needed to take quick action. I'll know more tonight when I can count the Halloween crowd. I have candy for about 1700 kids (what was needed last year). If we have a couple of hundred kids, I'll know that things are getting back to normal.

JesusA (imported) wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:43 am Thank you all for your concern. We were without power, but we still had water. My wife refused to budge during the "Mandatory Evacuation" of the western half of our county. Half the neighborhood stayed and we organized in case we needed to take quick action. I'll know more tonight when I can count the Halloween crowd. I have candy for about 1700 kids (what was needed last year). If we have a couple of hundred kids, I'll know that things are getting back to normal.

Sweet...