California wildfires

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Now Edison Electric is someone more to blame than the LAFD, actually. Their lines sparked the Eaton fire (allegedly) and it's the new standard practice to cut power in high risk areas. Despite people bitching about it.

And it works to some degree. Where I am has escaped fire this season and this may be the reason. And It took the 2007 Witch Creek Fire to evacuate 1 million people to implement these safety protocols.

LADWP is next, especially with this getting out:

https://6abc.com/post/possible-links-bet.../15797450/


The above is what could have and probably did cause this. Blame The Department of Water and Power. For not having enough water and too much power.

I have to ask does Cali clear the areas beneath powerlines or is it just the towers? 

Ive hunted here in Georgia and occasionally in Tennessee and we would regularly hunt the powerlines as it was the one place where you could get a long open row from each tower. Why, because they cleared not only around the towers but the whole area beneath the wires. I can make educated guesses as to why they did this, probably to make maintenance easier, and to fix downed lines from tornadoes and ice storms but these were mostly logging areas. 

Done properly the area under the lines could be made fire-resistant, by just clear-cutting and gravel.

This is similar to what they want homeowners to do around thier houses, have it completely cleared and gravel rock or concrete perimeter for 5 feet