[Elecraft] (OT) Ca Fires

[W2xj]

Except in LA and Ventura there is not any forest, just brush and homes. 

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> On Nov 3, 2019, at 8:48 PM, Steve Boles <dr35kv at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Our son, who lives in Spokane Washington, is a wild land forest fire
> fighter. He's on stand-by but has not yet been deployed to California this
> time around. He has all sorts of stories he can tell about the lack of
> forest management and the consequences of...
> Steve
> ARS: WB4SED
> 
>> On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 8:14 PM Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm shocked to hear that PG&E would actually think to pay dividends to
>> investors
>> who put their money at risk.  The government of CA should put a stop to
>> this
>> capitalist idea. and turn the management over to the MVD or the bullet
>> train people.
>> 
>> Wes  N7WS
>> 
>>> On 11/3/2019 12:04 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>> On 11/2/2019 7:05 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote:
>>>> The power situation (especially in PG&E territory) is a different
>> story, but
>>>> one that's manageable.
>>> 
>>> Really? You do realize that PG&E's distribution system has been badly
>>> neglected for decades, and has long been an accident ready to happen.
>> And most
>>> of it is bare copper, making it more likely to start a fire. All because
>>> management CHOSE not to maintain it, instead paying themselves big
>> salaries
>>> and bonuses, paying dividends to investors, and buying back stock. The
>> result
>>> is that correcting the problem requires a MASSIVE investment and a
>> massive
>>> amount of work that will takes decades to complete, and years to even
>> begin!
>>> 
>>> As to Elecraft - many of their employees live in areas that WERE
>> affected by
>>> the power shutoffs. Some are my neighbors. Our generators have gotten a
>> lot of
>>> running time in the past week or so.
>>> 
>>> 73, Jim K9YC
>> 
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