Except in LA and Ventura there is not any forest, just brush and homes. Sent from my iPad
> On Nov 3, 2019, at 8:48 PM, Steve Boles <[email protected]> wrote: > > Our son, who lives in Spokane Washington, is a wild land forest fire > fighter. He's on stand-by but has not yet been deployed to California this > time around. He has all sorts of stories he can tell about the lack of > forest management and the consequences of... > Steve > ARS: WB4SED > >> On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 8:14 PM Wes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm shocked to hear that PG&E would actually think to pay dividends to >> investors >> who put their money at risk. The government of CA should put a stop to >> this >> capitalist idea. and turn the management over to the MVD or the bullet >> train people. >> >> Wes N7WS >> >>> On 11/3/2019 12:04 AM, Jim Brown wrote: >>> On 11/2/2019 7:05 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: >>>> The power situation (especially in PG&E territory) is a different >> story, but >>>> one that's manageable. >>> >>> Really? You do realize that PG&E's distribution system has been badly >>> neglected for decades, and has long been an accident ready to happen. >> And most >>> of it is bare copper, making it more likely to start a fire. All because >>> management CHOSE not to maintain it, instead paying themselves big >> salaries >>> and bonuses, paying dividends to investors, and buying back stock. The >> result >>> is that correcting the problem requires a MASSIVE investment and a >> massive >>> amount of work that will takes decades to complete, and years to even >> begin! >>> >>> As to Elecraft - many of their employees live in areas that WERE >> affected by >>> the power shutoffs. Some are my neighbors. Our generators have gotten a >> lot of >>> running time in the past week or so. >>> >>> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
