Grid Down: California Utility Provider Cuts Power off to Thousands Amid Wildfire Threat
One of California’s biggest utilities made good on threats to cut off power in some parts of the state on Tuesday morning in an attempt to address wildfire risks.
After warning on Monday that there could be deliberate outages in parts of Northern California and the San Francisco Bay area, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) cut power to roughly 2,000 customers across eight counties as well as one tribal community. The outages, which are known as Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) started at around 12:30 AM on Tuesday.
Although the company originally believed that around 12,000 homes and businesses could be affected by deliberate outages, they ultimately only needed to shut off power to 2,000 customers. However, thousands of outages that were not related to the intentional shutoffs were reported on Tuesday morning in some parts of the state.
Much of California is experiencing high temperatures and dry, gusty conditions that are conducive to wildfires, with temperatures hitting the triple digits in some places. For example, wind gusts exceeded 63 miles per hour in Sonoma County and registered around 49 miles per hour in Butte County, while temperatures hit 109 degrees in Sacramento and 111 degrees in Redding.
PG&E was worried that the temperatures could overheat their power infrastructure at a time when it is already under significant strain thanks to a greater demand for air conditioning and other methods of staying cool that require energy. When combined with the windy and dry weather the state is experiencing, these conditions create a significant wildfire risk.
The company said that restoring power to all of the customers who are affected could take up to 12 daylight hours after weather conditions improve, leaving people without power and uncertain about when exactly it could return. They cautioned that power restoration could be delayed for customers in areas where individual power lines have sustained significant damage from wind-blown branches or debris that need to be repaired. They also reserved the right to implement additional power cuts for these and other customers depending on the weather conditions and wildfire threats.
“We continue to monitor the situation to determine if a shutoff is necessary for safety,” said PG&E spokesman Paul Moreno. “We are sending all of these customers regular updates so they can prepare accordingly.”
In the meantime, the utility has opened a few “community resource centers” in the blackout areas where people can go to cool off in air conditioning, use Wi-Fi, charge their phones and other devices, and obtain free bottled water. Ahead of the planned outages, they encouraged customers to charge their devices, freeze large containers of water, and check on loved ones to ensure their safety during the heat.
PG&E was responsible for dozens of damaging wildfires
There is already a major wildfire burning in Fresno in the Sierra Nevada foothills, and the company is taking the wildfire threat seriously after being held accountable for previous wildfires sparked by their equipment.
PG&E’s equipment has been blamed for starting some of the worst fires in the history of the state, including the 2018 Camp Fire. More than 30 wildfires have been attributed to the utility since 2017, and the blazes were connected to the destruction of more than 23,000 homes and businesses as well as the deaths of more than 100 individuals. In 2019, they ended up filing for bankruptcy after they were fined and sued for their role in starting wildfires. Weather conditions and downed utility lines were also behind the horrific Maui fires seen last August that killed more than 100 people.
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Biden Admin Warns Democrats: We’ll ‘Beat The … Out’ of Anyone Who Goes Against the Official Narrative
(LifeSiteNews) — A CNN White House correspondent said in a national newscast that Democrats have been warned that anyone “who expresses any level of suspicion or contrary views” gets called by the Biden administration and they “beat the s— out” of them and say “stay on message.”
Friday’s stunning revelation from the network that has consistently served as both mouthpiece and defender for the extreme wokeism of the Democratic Party in general and President Joe Biden in particular further displayed the across-the-board chaos that has overtaken leftist forces in the U.S. after Biden’s disastrous presidential debate performance two weeks ago.
Subsequent gaffe-filled public appearances —where Biden has introduced Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky as “President Putin” and referred to Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump” — have served to further reinforce the general public’s view that he is no longer fit to hold the highest office in the land.
Disclosure of the threat against Democrats came from CNN correspondent MJ Lee, who had been asked by colleague Jake Tapper about her previous reporting about many Democrats being furious with Biden advisers, who in turn were furious with them.
“What my colleagues and I have really reported on is there is a lot of anger and the blame that is being placed on the inner circle of advisers and family members around the president,” Lee said. “And what these people say is this really painstakingly choreographed and stage-managed daily operations at the White House around the president that is set up specifically designed to prevent the public from often seeing the president in these extended, unscripted settings.”
“And one thing that many of the folks that we spoke with … are so furious about is this idea that when people have gone to these inner circle of advisers around the president to express some of these concerns that they were not taken seriously or really brushed aside,” Lee continued.
“One top Democrat told me (that) everyone who expresses any level of suspicion or contrary views, they call everyone and they beat the s— out of them and say ‘stay on message,’” she explained.
Lee went on to tell Tapper that she disagrees with White House spokesman Andrew Bates’ assertion that Biden “has always said that it is fair for reporters to ask about his age.”
“The president has not always indicated that he believes those questions are fair,” she recounted, adding that she has “been on the receiving end of the president declining to acknowledge and dismiss when he has been questioned about polls showing that so many Americans do have questions about his age and his fitness.”
Commenting on the shocking admissions found in the CNN report, Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah observed, “Team Biden: saying the quiet part out loud.”
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— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) July 13, 2024
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Biden Cognitively Engaged for Only a Couple Hours Each Day, Aides Confirm
The vast majority of the time, save for a few hours every day, President Joe Biden is utterly confused and incompetent, presidential aides have confirmed about “the big guy” currently in the White House.
Following Biden’s dismal debate performance, aides came forward to confirm that Hunter’s dad is “dependably engaged” for maybe a couple hours in a given day. The rest of the time Biden is indisposed while his handlers and controllers run their proxy government with him as their figurehead.
The pathetic display on debate night did not come as a shock to the aides who said it is common knowledge that there are at least two versions of Biden: the one who can’t remember where he is and mumbles nonsense and the other who can barely read a teleprompter even on his best days.
One version of Biden, the really rare one, seems confident and focused, they confirmed. The rest of the time, Biden is confused, tired and just plain old – too old – for the job at hand.
Biden’s best hours are reportedly between 10am and 4pm each day. The rest of the time, Biden seems to get lost, routinely misspeaks, and all-around gives the impression that he belongs in a nursing home.
“I don’t walk as easily as I used to,” Biden said about himself after the 90-minute debate. “I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to.”
(Related: According to the White House, all videos of Biden acting clueless are “deep fakes.”)
Democrats feeling “sense of shock” after watching Biden try to debate
Former Barack Obama adviser David Axelrod commented that there is a serious “sense of shock” among Democrats right now about Biden’s inability to do his job. There are also now “discussions about whether he (Biden) should continue.”
Recognizing that Biden is mostly not dependable and unable to perform even his most basic job duties, his handlers attempt to get as much done as they can between 10am and 4pm each day. The debate was at 9pm, though, which is well past Biden’s bedtime.
Things get worse when Biden has to travel abroad, the aides further confirmed. Biden gets tired much more easily when he is out of his element, which means his handlers have to do a lot of the heavy lifting.
“Biden works his heart out fighting for families like the one he grew up in in Scranton and who because of his determination, experience, and decency keeps achieving unprecedented results for them,” shot back White House spokesman Andrew Bates about people’s concerns.
“There is one Joe Biden.”
In the comments, many people pointed out that everyone else is required to be dependably engaged the entire day at work, not just for a few hours every day. Why then is Biden getting special treatment?
“I work a job where I am expected to be dependably engaged from the time I arrive until the time I leave,” one said. “And, even then, should an emergency arise which required my presence and engagement after hours, I would be expected to re-engage.”
“Yet, the president of this country is dependably engaged for a few hours a day during which he may or may not be particularly cogent.”
Another stressed that a 10-4 schedule each day is not even a full day’s work.
“What happens if there is some national emergency that doesn’t fall between these hours? We need a president that is dependably engaged at all hours. So does that mean the next debate will be between these hours?”
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