California’s climate dystopia comes true

On October 9, 2019, Pacific Gas and Electric started the blackouts. 

The beleaguered utility, which oversees 125,000 miles of electrical and transmission lines in the fire-plagued Golden State, warned that an unprecedented 800,000 customers, meaning some 2 million Californians, could go without power for days or longer during the October power shutoff. 

It's a new disaster strategy to avoid, or at least limit, catastrophic, climate change-enhanced fires during the state's notoriously windy fall season. Hot, dry winds rush through mountain slopes, fan flames over the parched land, and break old, corroded electrical lines, which can light fires. Unless PG&E cuts the power first.  Read more...