Windy this week in norcal and socal. Get your genset now

Dave Angelini said:

60,000 acres now on Kincade. It was up to 10% contained, then last night happened. Down to 5% and doubled in size overnight. It will burn to the Ocean and probably 10 more days. 2.5 million in the dark may get their electricity on to be turned off again on Tuesday.

 Lebron James down in Socal evacced and can't find a decent hotel. Tough year for the sunshine state.

I will link the fire map later but have to add now that the real story here is still not being told by the media. The Gov is blaming the rich and powerful and the Utility. Not a word about his party in the bed with environmentalist and the failed good intentions.

All brush clearing, most logging, and the use of Forestry input cancelled since 1988.

Interesting input on the cancellation of logging. The nicest national forest that I have trotted around in is Colorado's Uncompaghre(sp!) National Forest which was successfully logged. This is why:
1) Nice broadly cleared trail (dirt road) every several hundred yards.
2) A pond every 1/4 mile or so.
3) No deadfall that are virtual furnaces waiting for ignition. 
4) Large trees with ample room in between the trees. 
5) I'm pretty sure that pond water and well cleared roads would really aid fire fighting efforts. Water is heavy. Plus  there are a lot of fire breaks.  *This is how it was in the 70's - have not been back to that side of the state. 

The worst forest I have ever seen is Yellowstone a couple decades after the infamous fire. Scant inches or feet in between sorely cramped trees. They have no chance of ever realizing proper growth due to lack of space and consequent resources - water and sunlight and room.

Environmentalists ruined the Yellowstone experience for me so I let the timeshares in Jackson Hole go. I used to enjoy seeing a moose or elk every 20 minutes. I seen more grizzlies than moose last time - I seen zero moose during an extensive drive. The elk were holed up in the tiny northern "outpost" - using the buildings for shelter against all the voracious predation. 

Thick vegetation allows for successful ambush hunting. My local woods are thickly vegetated and deer and elk are extremely scarce. There are a lot of bears and a lot of bones. Have some expertise here - hiking in these woods a couple times/week. Still can't hardly believe how little big game there is. Or how many bones and carcasses my dogs find. 

Not a fan of rabid environmentalists or wolves. But the noisiest seem to prevail in politics. Say hello to socialism and good bye to bountiful sightings of deer, elk, and moose. Say good bye to your outdoor pets as well. Though this will take time. 

Speaking of magnets around oils, going to try these on oil filters and transmission pans - neodymium may be the strongest magnet: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073WJMSCR/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&psc=1

Dave Angelini said:

A bit different down here than sparks dropping on snow  

 The laundry room can have worse things than carbon monoxide coming in. Avoid this as not many electricians would connect this way and if they did, you would not be able to sue them. They are long gone!

I'm sure most regular posters will certainly agree that code adherence > carbon monoxide coming in. 

softdown said:

There are a lot of links claiming that the Rothschild dynasty own PG&E. A lot. Then we have this: https://stockzoa.com/ticker/pcg/

Yep.  Yet another investor-owned utility.  When you have all those investors demanding a good return, it can be hard to plan for the long term instead of next month.  You're incentivized to do the quick fix, the short-term patch instead of the 10+ year infrastructure plan.  Those pressures can be hard to resist.