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AllaN01Bear

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3. since in california there was that one fire that wiped out a whole town because of

Reply to LiberaBlueDem (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 24, 2023, 05:27 PM

Aug 2023

power lines , under certain weather condititons , high wind , dry grass . branches on line. the power goes out for a afected area called a psps . with better circut protections , not as much. they are called public saftey power outages .

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since in california there was that one fire that wiped out a whole town because of AllaN01Bear Aug 2023 #3

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