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Um, when they turn off the power, it’s not to a single neighborhood. It’s going to be to wide swaths of the power grid. They were talking on KQED the other day
by URSpider94 7y ago
Um, when they turn off the power, it’s not to a single neighborhood. It’s going to be to wide swaths of the power grid. They were talking on KQED the other day that this might even at times include San Francisco and San Jose, depending on where the risk is. Whenever that happens, intersections are going to be left without stoplights, people on life support will lose their power, hospitals will go onto backup generators, etc. Its possible that people will die as a result of power outages, especially if they happen in the heat of summer.
- kortilla 7y ago“People talking on KQED” is not anything you should trust if it’s one of the many programs where people call in and concern troll or where the host pontificates on “what-ifs”. Unless it has actually been identified as a risk, I’d say it’s safe to assume PG&E wouldn’t just shut off the power in the bay for any extended period of time. There isn’t really anywhere in the US with that level of instability.
- URSpider94 7y agoBy people, I meant reporters. Here’s a link to a story on CBS. The issue is that the Camp Fire was caused by major transmission lines - turn off some of those, and SF/SJ will lose power coming from major hydro sources in the Sierras. https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/05/19/pge-fire-prevention-plan-power-outage-san-francisco-san-jose/ https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/05/19/pge-fire-preven...