RVs and California's Planned Power Outages
(I did several searches here for this topic, and found none. If this has already been discussed, please point me to the thread.) Here in Kalifornistan, the power is purposely being turned off to th...
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The explained reason for the length of the outages is because before they can turn the power back on, they have to visually check ALL the lines to ensure they haven't been damaged during the winds. If they don't do the visual check, then cutting the power may have been a wasted effort.
Many streetlights now have backup power, so they won't be affected by the outages. For those that are affected, treat them as a four way stop sign intersection.
PG&E is trying to prevent another horrid forest fire. They are working on improving their lines, but with the number of lines in their territory, that is a huge amount of work. Give them some time to get the work done and don't whinge because you are inconvenienced for a few days. Better than another major disaster or loss of life to PG&E workers because they had to rush through things to appease us.
Many streetlights now have backup power, so they won't be affected by the outages. For those that are affected, treat them as a four way stop sign intersection.
PG&E is trying to prevent another horrid forest fire. They are working on improving their lines, but with the number of lines in their territory, that is a huge amount of work. Give them some time to get the work done and don't whinge because you are inconvenienced for a few days. Better than another major disaster or loss of life to PG&E workers because they had to rush through things to appease us.
