Subj : Re: LA Fires
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Jan 14 2025 01:42 pm

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-

 > True enough, but when governments mis-manage available money (wrong
 > priorities) with KNOWN dangerous conditions, bad things happen.  You can
 > deny/defend them all you want, but the facts are right there in your
 > face and can't be denied.  Should we talk about un-maintained electrical
 > distribution equipment/infrastructure, which MAY have been the cause of
 > these fires starting?  It's certainly been known to happen in northern
 > California, where they even have had planned power cut-offs during high
 > fire danger periods, for ...... reducing the chance of crappy equipment
 > starting wildfires...  Hmmmm......

 DW> Part of that issue may be PG&E has several politicians in its back
 DW> pockets that allow them to get away with a whole lot of things they
 DW> should be held accountable for... like starting fires with poorly
 DW> maintained equipment.

Absolutely, and this is well-documented.  It's a known thing.

 DW> I am not sure that PG&E powers the areas in question, but it is a big
 DW> provided in California.

I don't know if it's PG&E either, but I do believe I read this morning 
that charges have already been filed against whatever utility company it 
is, regarding the probable source of these fires.  As my whole point in 
these conversations has been, it all goes back to budget cuts and utter 
mis-management (fraud) of the available money; especially in the 
maintenance of equipment and preventive measures.



.... A politican will double-cross that bridge when he comes to it.
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