wifeisafurd said:
Quite a contrast between PG&E than with SCE. SCE actually had reporters in their bunker where they made decisions with engineers and weather experts when to power down discrete areas.. Only powered down in high fire areas when actual high wind occurred and after providing notices- about 13,000, not millions, impacted. Stay safe everyone.
Woke up this morning to SoCal wildfires news headlines. 100,000+ evacuated, but the power is on!
Still can't believe that in this extreme fire danger event that outdoor burning is still permitted. Maybe if SCE customers start the fires then SCE won't be blamed. Wasn't that long ago the SDG&E dodged a bullet by blaming lost hikers for starting a signal fire in order to be rescued (there were also downed power lines, but those damned lost civilians. I'll believe SoCal has their wildfire act together when they just routinely ban outdoor burning in extreme fire danger events. Why even risk it? And a lot less impact that shutting down the grid. Why are easy things so hard to do.
!!! Fortunately only a couple of wildfires burning along my route from La Quinta home to San Diego, no sigalerts yet!!! A lot of the route may be low on fuel from recent fires, aka uncontrolled burns.