according to the BBC report, "The huge “Camp Fire" in the town of Paradise last year burned 150,000 acres and left 86 people dead. An investigation determined that poorly maintained PG&E equipment was to blame for starting the historic blaze."
I had assumed that public services will continue to be supplied; the news item talks about them setting up a number of resource centres where people can charge up devices, but maybe I'm missing something... and if it's all done in the name of safety, why would they be switching off traffic...
I read about this planned power outage and was astonished, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49982236.
I can't begin to imagine the inconvenience - to say the least - this will cause to so many people; anyone with an incubator or brooder in operation, for example. (Unless of course...