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    One million California residents will have power cut off to avoid sparking wildfires

    A California power utility is preparing to cut electricity to residents across 38 counties, a move that will affect roughly 1 million people, in response to extreme fire weather threatening the region.


    The decision by Pacific Gas & Electric is an attempt to avoid repeating what happened in 2018 when a massive fire was triggered by a spark from damaged power equipment. In that blaze, 85 people were killed and the town of Paradise was almost completely destroyed.


    Lynsey Paulo, a spokeswoman for the power company, said its meteorologists were already tracking “the strongest offshore wind event of the season.”


    “We’re seeing a dangerous combination of factors, with high winds, extreme low humidity, record dry fuels on the ground, and extreme to severe drought in many areas,” Paulo said, Fox Business Network reported.


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    They need to change their forestry management practices, not cut off power to millions of people.

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    This is what happens when you sue and find the utility company at fault.

    Never again. Stupid Californians.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


    I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    This is what happens when you sue and find the utility company at fault.

    Never again. Stupid Californians.
    By Cali law the utility is strictly liable for fires. Of course they cut power.
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