> However, the quote about the California Highway Patrol at the bottom is not accidental or naive. This isn't some authoritarian power play, they closed the hi

> However, the quote about the California Highway Patrol at the bottom is not accidental or naive. This isn't some authoritarian power play, they closed the highway because there's about 400 feet between the highway and the battery facility where there was an active lithium metal fire going on. As someone who lives in the vicinity, I can tell you that a larger road closure was also needed for some quite practical reasons: the power plant and adjacent town are fairly isolated and the places to set up closures where traffic can be diverted safely are quite far away.