Electricity cut for hundreds of thousands in California to help reduce wildfire risk.
As California faces a critical fire danger, utility companies are preemptively shutting off power to hundreds of thousands of customers in the Golden State.
A PG&E meteorologist said the weather forecast this week is the strongest wind event since the Oct. 2017 North Bay fires which were caused by"electric power and distribution lines, conductors and the failure of power poles," reported ABC San Francisco station KGO. Dark gas station on Bridgeway in Sausalito. Power outage is in effect in parts of the North Bay pic.twitter.com/0276jl7mxP
"We understand that they're doing what they have to do in a way, but trying to find out information has been the most frustrating, so we really don't know day to day how to plan," one employee told ABC News. Long lines @ the gas pumps in #Napa. Power outages pushing people to prepare pic.twitter.com/FjnrEVEWaz"We understand the effects this event will have on our customers and appreciate the public’s patience as we do what is necessary to keep our communities safe and reduce the risk of wildfire,” Michael Lewis, PG&E’s senior vice president of Electric Operations, said in a statement.
Very dry and gusty #SantaAnaWinds are expected late Wed night-Fri afternoon over LA/Ventura counties. A 🚩Red Flag Warning🚩 has been issued for most of LA and VTA counties effective 3am Thu-6pm Fri. Use extreme caution with potential ignition sources! #SoCal #CAwx #CAfire pic.twitter.com/RSX3BdC5yL
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