Originally Posted By: AKSAR
Originally Posted By: WesleyH
The question was posited, why can't the power in the area be shut down. . Interesting point. More likely, out the lines underground.



To be effective, you would need shut down the grid every time high winds are predicted, and keep it shut down till the winds subside. But in effect, that would mean shutting down much of daily life for a huge area and population. The electric grid powers hospitals, traffic signals, home medical equipment, cash machines, refrigeration and freezers at your local supermarket, gas pumps at your local service station.......the list goes on and on.



Just a side note from our experience during the Thomas Fire of December last year. Our area lost power a couple of hours before the fire reached our neighborhood; we left our home with all power shut off over the entire city. Easily the most dangerous part of our experience during the entire fire experience was driving on streets with no functioning traffic signals or area lighting, to say nothing of functioning gas stations or ATM's. Fortunately we only had to drive about five miles on roads we both know well; even at that, there were moments of confusion.

Our practice is to fill up the gas tanks when they become half empty; I recommend that heartily.
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