‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room

Re:‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room by catalogia on Saturday October 12, 2019 @04:34PM (#21236027)

Historically, aren't most earthquake fatalities due to fires? Cutting off electricity and flushing all gas lines with an inert gas seems like a prudent thing to do after a significant earthquake. Particularly in an environment like California, where it is unlikely anybody will freeze to death (keep the drinking water flowing though.)

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Re:‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room by inferiorhuman on Saturday October 12, 2019 @10:25PM (#21237877)

PG&E doesn't know where is gas lines are nor what they're rated for — that's how/why they blew up a San Bruno neighborhood.

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Re:‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room by ip26 on Saturday October 12, 2019 @09:17PM (#21237584)

Everybody thinks they need six nines.

I'm really a fan of this bit:

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/12/keeping-some-of-the-...

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Re:‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room by ctdonath on Sunday October 13, 2019 @11:51AM (#21241026)

Those accepting less than “six nines” are trading for some other features. I’ll take less uptime but only to eliminate dependency.

We struggled to reach “six nines“ for a reason.

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