George Rebane
Eight days with no power on Hind Tit Rd. We have received the same lame information-less message five times from PG&E, telling us that they have access to our area and are starting to assess the outage to see what must be done to restore power. Not even a hint of any schedule or estimate of how long we have to stay hunkered down. We're a stone's throw from the Rood Center, and there is total access to our ridge, the outage up here is no doubt due to some problem at a local distribution facility, which you’d think would be easier to fix than having to wait until trees are cleared from the road and downed power lines are restrung. At every turn they demonstrate another function or task of which they are incapable. But hey, their outage map is looking better today than yesterday. Some day it’ll be our turn.
The next worry on everyone’s mind is propane or gasoline for their generators. Gasoline appears to be available – we trade at Robinson’s and they are doing their job with their fuels. My supplier is Amerigas, with whom I’ve been a 45-year customer. They have promised to resupply me before the sun sets on Wednesday. Most people have already run out or are about to with not even a promise of their next delivery. Calling a propane company today will have you listening to some very irritating elevator music for almost an hour or so until you go to Plan B. Amerigas’ online account management is up, and they confirmed my delivery schedule in writing (of which I took a screen image) for what good that will do. In any event, many others are really faring poorly. It’s amazing how many people – especially the elderly and infirm – are stuck in their homes with no preparation at all for when the grid goes down. Grandson-in-law Shawn, owner of Estey Electric, has been doing yeoman’s work during these las days with his crews and coordinating Project Haart teams of volunteers to do everything from getting generators going, bringing food and fuel, and clearing driveways. These people are a blessing to the community.
Kudos to the Supes for getting Nevada County declared a disaster area. Can anyone actually tell if that designation has yet to benefit us?
[4jan22 update] California’s incompetence on parade – dumping untold amounts of water into the Pacific Ocean. H/T to reader for the links (here and here) that tell the story of the Democrats’ eternal incompetence when it comes to governance and regulating public affairs. In the last two years we have pissed away a 7-year water supply from our reservoirs in a state blessed with abundant water that comes to us interspersed with dry years – a centuries old climate phenomenon in this part of the West (that’s why God invented reservoirs). But again, ‘the fault dear reader is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are the terminally ignorant voters.’ (with apologies to The Bard.)
"I've got a few bones to pick with recent columns", so writes Mr Richard Borlik in the 30dec21 Union. He does a good job outlining all the left-leaning and politically correct (cum woke) editorial and news pieces to which The Union is prone. And kudos to the newspaper for having the balls to publish such a forthright criticism of its editorial and news policies.
[7jan22 update] How far we are apart. A longtime RR reader and commenter, well-known to our regulars, is a dedicated leftwinger as evidenced by years of his comments on various subjects that decorate these pages. He recently put another shot across my bow in a discussion thread by not only refusing to read a citation I gave him, but pre-emptively declaring that its author is a “totally non credible source”, not to be believed or trusted. I was advised to “try again.” The author, Victor Davis Hanson, is a noted historian and scholar (Stanford professor) who is nationally known, and who many Americans consider a national treasure. He is also acknowledged as an astute observer of the country’s socio-political scene, and has an extensive contribution of published books, scholarly papers, and articles regularly appearing in prominent publications. He is also interviewed frequently by a spectrum of media outlets for his views on current events, which he is uniquely able to connect with historical perspectives. No one has ever accused or shown VDH to fly loose with his assessments or falsify any factual content in his writings. Nevertheless, dedicated leftists abhor him because he is intellectually unassailable, and his presentations devastate the progressive narrative and established public policies. If people like VDH are not accepted by the Left, then there truly is no possibility of dialogue.
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