26 Dec
2020
26 Dec
'20
4:57 p.m.
On 12/26/20 1:13 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 12:58:42 -0800, Michael Thomas said:
can go on for days. We have a generator because of this, but everybody getting a generator in the middle of the Berkeley Hills would be something of its own horror show, but it will probably come down to that. Egads.
Especially if a lot of those generators are just bought at Home Depot and hooked up to the house wiring without a proper cutover switch for the mains.
Yeah, it burned somebody's house to a crisp here last year around here. It certainly makes the case why leaving professionals in charge of power issues is the better idea. although with pg&e it's a tough call, my telco not so much. Mike