Re: California public safety power shutdowns

[Fred Baker <fredbaker.ietf () gmail com>]

On Oct 9, 2019, at 12:36 PM, Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:
> Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison have started Public Safety Power Shut-offs (PSPS) in California 
> wildfire high-risk areas.
>
> Shut-offs are taking place in three phases. PG&E began shutoffs at midnight in Northern California and the North Bay 
> counties, while the rest of the Bay Area is scheduled to begin losing power in waves at noon. A possible third phase 
> will occur later in the day in the southernmost parts of the PG&E service area in the San Joaquin Valley and Central 
> Coast.
>
> Southern California Edison said it's considering cutting power to more than 100,000 customers in eight counties. The 
> utilities haven't said how many people the outages will affect in all.

Indeed. Meanwhile, I'm in Walnut Creek, and estimates of wind velocity here vary from zero to five knots.