California Cities and towns without electricity for 5-7 days

Posted by lp001 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:21AM
from the twitter.com dept.

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Re:California Cities and towns without electricity for 5-7 days by junar on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:13PM (#21195228)

PG&E has a map of potentially affected areas. Seems like many of the areas affected are less densely populated.

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Re:California Cities and towns without electricity for 5-7 days by ogre_codes on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @11:59AM (#21193678)

Actual story about this with details here:

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Re:California Cities and towns without electricity for 5-7 days by ecf on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:29PM (#21194021)

So instead of properly maintaining their infrastructure, they just completely shut down when their job becomes tough?

I can’t wait to get out of this state.

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Re:California Cities and towns without electricity for 5-7 days by TheHypnotist on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @01:15PM (#21194533)

Something similar happens to prevent long-term, widespread blackouts on summer days. These usually last hours.

But 7 days? That's tough to justify to the public.

I understand why they feel it's necessary, and maybe it is necessary. But there has to be a better way.

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Re:California Cities and towns without electricity for 5-7 days by aeternum on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:24PM (#21195365)

If this actually happens, it will be great for Tesla and other companies that produce home solar + batteries.

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Re:California Cities and towns without electricity for 5-7 days by TheHypnotist on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @02:23PM (#21261868)

Sure - but this isn't the answer for everyone.

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Re:California Cities and towns without electricity for 5-7 days by sundbry on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:33PM (#21196222)

In Soviet California, forest fire prevent you!

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