PG&E and the camp fire
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(05-16-2019, 12:21 AM).chuck white Wrote:
(05-15-2019, 09:27 PM)Juniper Wrote:
(05-15-2019, 04:31 PM)tvguy Wrote: I guess I'm biased but I'm unwilling to find PG&E totally responsible for the deadliest fire in California's history.

What about mismanaged forests? Fires are and always have been a natural occurrence. When we don't allow them to burn naturally like we always have we completely changed the structure of our forests.
This is not just my opinion it's a matter of fact. It's our fault the forests are thick with small trees and dead wood that has built up over time.
It's also not PG&E's fault that a whole city was literally built in the line of fire. Or that rare extremely high winds would make a fire move at an acre a second and create hurricane force winds.
There are are those who cry foul that PG&E is filing bankruptcy as if that's just a trick to not pay. I always thought whether a bankruptcy was allowed or not was decided by a judge base on whether or not the business is actually able to pay what they owe.

Someone's always got to take the blame in my experience. And it's like hyenas to the kill even if it's not all one source of fault.  On the same note as natural environmental processes, however, and I know it's a shift from your OP, but what about wolves? Wolves do a lot to balance the natural ecosphere in wilderness areas, by shifting the environment back to it's (more) original state. Sorry.  Don't want to start a shitstorm, but it's kind of in the same sphere.

Wasn't it Federal forest that burned up? The Feds share some blame in this. Trump cut the budget and they didn't have funds to sweep the floor of the forest.
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PG&E and the camp fire - by tvguy - 05-15-2019, 04:31 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by chuck white - 05-15-2019, 05:04 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by tvguy - 05-15-2019, 06:58 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by tvguy - 05-15-2019, 06:59 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by Someones Dad - 05-15-2019, 06:55 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by tvguy - 05-15-2019, 07:03 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by tvguy - 05-15-2019, 07:05 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by Scrapper - 05-15-2019, 07:24 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by chuck white - 05-15-2019, 07:34 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by Juniper - 05-15-2019, 09:27 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by chuck white - 05-16-2019, 12:21 AM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by Juniper - 05-16-2019, 12:57 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by tvguy - 05-16-2019, 03:14 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by Cuzz - 05-16-2019, 05:11 PM
RE: PG&E and the camp fire - by tvguy - 05-16-2019, 03:02 PM

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