I imagine there are many old people out there, with no caretakers to help them and who are living SS check to check, that will be glad to receive that alert. As soon as someone takes these time to help them with "how do I internet."
So, do halls have "cores" in the Wohl-Burkman universe? Maybe they meant "this will shake the halls of Congress to their corridors"? But that doesn't make any more sense than to the "core" of a sort of empty space through which traffic is routed. The emptiness is gonna shiver?
I shouldn't criticize their semantic choices, should I? It's just unkind. And I'm sure they chose a very nice set of crayon colors, and some lovely construction paper, to make the signs for their Very Important Pressed Conferns. They can get Jacob's mom to press their shirts, and put a nice pair of ferns on the po-dumb!
My city buys the electricity (100% renewables) but I pay the bills to ComEd, so I'm not sure how that works--I guess the city owns the fuel, but rents the infrastructure from ComEd or something? Plus Illinois has a reasonably effective public utility board which our late unlamented asshole R governor did not manage to decimate, though not for lack of trying.
I just spent 2 1/2 days without power. I was pretty well prepared, but it's still no fun to run out of hot water, have all my devices uncharged, have difficulty doing house chores without lights, lose food when the refrigerator gets warm, and find that local stores and gas stations are all closed. As for the weather excuse, I'm not buying it. Within the last month we had thunder storms with little rain and they kept the power on. Now, suddenly, the weather that seems unchanged from four days ago is high risk. There were no winds in my neighborhood.
Note that it was inconvenient for me, but I wasn't trying to get small children fed, cleaned up and off to school. Assuming schools could open with no power.
A friend who went through this a couple of weeks ago told me that people's generators caused three fires she knows of to break out.
Great job, PG&E. First they burned down Paradise and now they're holding customers hostage for no convincing reason. Time for the state to step in and install competent managers till the mess gets cleaned up.
True, but there was no apparent wind in my town or the next one over, which also got shut down. Yesterday one of the local stores gave away all of its perishable produce. This shutdown will cost customers tens of thousands of dollars on PG&E's whim.
This really sucks, but those of us who rely on Southern Company (GA Power/AL Power) are used to days without power when tornados or ice storms hit. Lots of people have gas logs in fireplaces, stock wood for fireplaces or have kerosene heaters in case of emergency. In the olden days, I lived in my GGMs house that had natural gas heaters.The worst thing is losing all the food in the freezer. And no air conditioning.
There weren't 40,000,000, native people(s) in 18th century California. About 200,000 to 500,000 depending on which estimates you accept. They burned what they needed to burn and natural causes took care of much more. Nunes, of course, has his head firmly implanted where it's most comfortable, a smelly spot where sight is virtually impossible.In the late 19th century, travelers to California on the recently completed transcontinental railroad often voiced their displeasure when crossing the Sierra because smoke from multiple fires often clouded their vision and sightseeing. Summertime mountain lightning and wildfires were constant occurrences. What's happened recently ( or fairly so)is overgrowth. Not necessarily a PG&E problem, but a problem they've pretty much ignored in favor or spending on political favors. My property has plenty of oaks and pines. A few years ago, I noticed the undergrowth--which in previous centuries would have been burned by natives or by natural causes--had grown to near unmanageable sizes (i.e. poison oak bushes growing to 20 feet-plus and other brushes that would have been burned naturally previously). No raking required, only a chain saw and plenty of winter burning. Only recently has PG&E figured all this out, understanding that trees dwarfing power lines ( problems the Miwok didn't have) might just be dangerous, given certain conditions.
My brother is disabled too. His power went out and he contacted me to see if we had a camp stove he could borrow. Fortunately a neighbor with a camp stove cooked meals for them both and had him over for coffee in the mornings.
A lot of people, like your dad and my brother, just didn't have enough time to prepare. I didn't think his area would be shut down. He's surrounded by a well-watered golf course.
They make me laugh maddeningly. Whenever they spend on PACs or ridiculous initiatives, they insist they're using shareholder $$ and profits. Like they got that money selling candy door to door or tinkering in their garages. Ratepayers? Who? What?
there are spots along 101 up the coast of CA where you can see the fucking trees right up against the power lines for miles at a fucking time! fucking insane!
I imagine there are many old people out there, with no caretakers to help them and who are living SS check to check, that will be glad to receive that alert. As soon as someone takes these time to help them with "how do I internet."
Three days without power. Finally got switched back on late this afternoon.
We were prepared with generator, water, a small camp stove set up in the kitchen, and books. I had to work from my company's office all week.
Others weren't so prepared.
My heart goes out to folks in SoCal who are suffering through the firestorms there...
So, do halls have "cores" in the Wohl-Burkman universe? Maybe they meant "this will shake the halls of Congress to their corridors"? But that doesn't make any more sense than to the "core" of a sort of empty space through which traffic is routed. The emptiness is gonna shiver?
I shouldn't criticize their semantic choices, should I? It's just unkind. And I'm sure they chose a very nice set of crayon colors, and some lovely construction paper, to make the signs for their Very Important Pressed Conferns. They can get Jacob's mom to press their shirts, and put a nice pair of ferns on the po-dumb!
1. Not the Fonz.2. Where's the shark?3. No motorcycle.
What kind of shark jumping is this, huh?
My city buys the electricity (100% renewables) but I pay the bills to ComEd, so I'm not sure how that works--I guess the city owns the fuel, but rents the infrastructure from ComEd or something? Plus Illinois has a reasonably effective public utility board which our late unlamented asshole R governor did not manage to decimate, though not for lack of trying.
I just spent 2 1/2 days without power. I was pretty well prepared, but it's still no fun to run out of hot water, have all my devices uncharged, have difficulty doing house chores without lights, lose food when the refrigerator gets warm, and find that local stores and gas stations are all closed. As for the weather excuse, I'm not buying it. Within the last month we had thunder storms with little rain and they kept the power on. Now, suddenly, the weather that seems unchanged from four days ago is high risk. There were no winds in my neighborhood.
Note that it was inconvenient for me, but I wasn't trying to get small children fed, cleaned up and off to school. Assuming schools could open with no power.
A friend who went through this a couple of weeks ago told me that people's generators caused three fires she knows of to break out.
Great job, PG&E. First they burned down Paradise and now they're holding customers hostage for no convincing reason. Time for the state to step in and install competent managers till the mess gets cleaned up.
Modern capitalism.
True, but there was no apparent wind in my town or the next one over, which also got shut down. Yesterday one of the local stores gave away all of its perishable produce. This shutdown will cost customers tens of thousands of dollars on PG&E's whim.
And people are pawns.
Why immediately? Something that big needs to be done over time and done right.
Burning down Paradise was costly too, and not just in terms of money. At least 86 people died.
This really sucks, but those of us who rely on Southern Company (GA Power/AL Power) are used to days without power when tornados or ice storms hit. Lots of people have gas logs in fireplaces, stock wood for fireplaces or have kerosene heaters in case of emergency. In the olden days, I lived in my GGMs house that had natural gas heaters.The worst thing is losing all the food in the freezer. And no air conditioning.
There weren't 40,000,000, native people(s) in 18th century California. About 200,000 to 500,000 depending on which estimates you accept. They burned what they needed to burn and natural causes took care of much more. Nunes, of course, has his head firmly implanted where it's most comfortable, a smelly spot where sight is virtually impossible.In the late 19th century, travelers to California on the recently completed transcontinental railroad often voiced their displeasure when crossing the Sierra because smoke from multiple fires often clouded their vision and sightseeing. Summertime mountain lightning and wildfires were constant occurrences. What's happened recently ( or fairly so)is overgrowth. Not necessarily a PG&E problem, but a problem they've pretty much ignored in favor or spending on political favors. My property has plenty of oaks and pines. A few years ago, I noticed the undergrowth--which in previous centuries would have been burned by natives or by natural causes--had grown to near unmanageable sizes (i.e. poison oak bushes growing to 20 feet-plus and other brushes that would have been burned naturally previously). No raking required, only a chain saw and plenty of winter burning. Only recently has PG&E figured all this out, understanding that trees dwarfing power lines ( problems the Miwok didn't have) might just be dangerous, given certain conditions.
My brother is disabled too. His power went out and he contacted me to see if we had a camp stove he could borrow. Fortunately a neighbor with a camp stove cooked meals for them both and had him over for coffee in the mornings.
A lot of people, like your dad and my brother, just didn't have enough time to prepare. I didn't think his area would be shut down. He's surrounded by a well-watered golf course.
They make me laugh maddeningly. Whenever they spend on PACs or ridiculous initiatives, they insist they're using shareholder $$ and profits. Like they got that money selling candy door to door or tinkering in their garages. Ratepayers? Who? What?
there are spots along 101 up the coast of CA where you can see the fucking trees right up against the power lines for miles at a fucking time! fucking insane!