Do they not have any form of backup source?

I really hope he instead means storms

I think he means there’s no wind right now

and cutting power to prevent hazards in case of electrical poles falling over

Nah

He means there’s no wind

And they probably don’t have any municipal backup

You know,

California things.

I wouldn't put it past them to do both but it's for when storms knock down power lines

Because California can't manage it's forest like normal people

To be fair, I don’t blame California entirely

Then you haven't lived here very long

In the 1800’s, as a gift of good faith, Australia gave the state of California a few hundred eucalyptus saplings

Or whatever it was, I just assume 1800s

Anyways that’s beside the point

When eucalyptus trees grow, their trunks and sap are filled with the same substance that makes their leaves poisonous
It also just so happens that this substance is flammable.

Highly.

Flammable.

It's largely because California will not burn off debris that builds up over time on the forest floor and when it dries out and becomes very flammable

That too.

But most spontaneous fires can be attributed to the California blue gum

Its exacerbated by the dems being environmentalists not conservationists

What exactly is it different tbh

I dunno the distinction

Sounds the same to me?

best guess is one actively maintains ecosystems and the other one protests nuclear plants and logging companies because they watched ferngully once

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Right see conservationists do things like forest management. Environmentalists think that is raping Mother Gia and it is better to have your state catch fire every year or so......

Little do they know that only by human intervention are so many species particularly endangered ones still alive and for the ones that are, rebounding.

It's usually moralizing busybodies that are environmentalists. Or those with an agenda, to prescribe motive to their actions other than morality (or alleged morality)

My parents' power turned back on about an hour and a half from this post, so perhaps they aren't going to keep everyone out of power as long as projected after they realized the shitstorm they already got themselves into

so its not directly because of wind conditions, then?

Well wind can knock down power lines and that can start fires. But I'd point out that 90% of tornados for like, the whole fucking planet, happen in the Midwest. And there are forests here too. Yet we manage not to burn ourselves up on a regular basis and do not require rolling blackouts to accomplish that feat.

TL;DR wind is real but the primary problem is Californians are idiots.

I mean, knocking down power lines can do enough damage by itself

though I don't know why the word 'surge' was about to come to my head, seeing that its a cessation of power, not a rpid influx

Ok but have you seen a tornado? One threw a tree through our living room when I was 6. I assure you they knock over power lines and buildings and all kinds of shit.

yeah I'm aware. Oregon had winds that uprooted fucking 3-story trees in my neighborhood

my point is, is the power company being cunts, or are they reasonable in their blackouts?

It is likely reasonable for CA because they do not do forestry management for shit. Which is to say wind is not the real problem.