On Thu, Oct 10, 2019, at 08:02, Mel Beckman wrote: > The fire risk is from electrical transmission lines, not from end users > of electrical power. The underlying problem is that the State’s rules > for line separation were ill-considered, making it possible for > high-enough winds to cause “line slapping” and the resultant arcing > that ignite fires. > > There is no reason to think that end users are of any particular risk, > and fuel delivery during a preemptive outage wouldn’t be impaired,
That looks like a situation that you don't often encounter elsewhere (where electricity - distribution, telecom and transport are not very far from one another).
