It sure is dark over here

That is such bullshit.... For what we pay for power in CA, no outage should last for days.
 
We are one street away from the shutdown…. They turned off power yesterday around 11am and it’s supposed to be off until midnight tonight at the earliest…. The funny thing is that the area they shut it off is not even close to a wildland area. They haven’t turned it off in that area for over 20 years. And maybe even never. It’s all homes and schools….. makes as much sense as all of newscums bright ideas….
 
My folks had a natural gas whole house generator installed about 8 years ago due to what was at the time frequent power outages. They're elderly now and up in the foothills. They are awful thankful for making that investment these last few years. Now that it is illegal to heat their house with wood for much of the year, they need that generator to keep the heat on.
 
But, you have "Green Energy" (that is un-reliable) and that makes the bunny-huggers feel good. Aren't you glad that you don't have reliable energy from natural gas, or the evil reliable coal energy?
 
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BaBaBouy said:
You still over by Canyon Lake?
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Half the community still has no power, if your grid has overhead power lines, you are shut off. I am on the other side of the lake where everything is underground, we have had power the entire time
 
Cookie said:
Half the community still has no power, if your grid has overhead power lines, you are shut off. I am on the other side of the lake where everything is underground, we have had power the entire time
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Damn, third world shiz.
 
SDGE did a bunch of metal pole upgrades here. Power's been on for all of these crazy storms. 3-4 years ago, I was without power 10-15 days a year...

Realbadlarry said:
HOW is that even a reality???????????
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You have to run an EPA-rated wood stove or pellet stove.

I'll be honest though: the old stoves just don't compare. I can run mine waaaaaay down, 500* surface temps on 2 pieces of oak firewood for about 3-4 hours.
 
Rockwood said:
SDGE did a bunch of metal pole upgrades here. Power's been on for all of these crazy storms. 3-4 years ago, I was without power 10-15 days a year...


You have to run an EPA-rated wood stove or pellet stove.

I'll be honest though: the old stoves just don't compare. I can run mine waaaaaay down, 500* surface temps on 2 pieces of oak firewood for about 3-4 hours.
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My folks have the approved reburner wood stove. That isn't the issue. There are many non-burn days where it is illegal to burn any wood products period.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) issues a 24-hour No-Burn alert for residential fireplaces, outdoor fire pits and wood stoves when emissions and stagnant weather cause unhealthy levels of fine particulate pollution. Alerts are issued each year from November 1 through the last day of February, typically for the entire South Coast Air Basin. During a No-Burn alert, South Coast AQMD requires that residents refrain from all indoor and outdoor wood burning. The wintertime program became mandatory on November 1, 2011 under the provisions of Rule 445 – Wood-Burning Devices
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