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California Burning...again

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from the NY Times. PG&E has only $1.4 billion of insurance coverage. 

Many fires in recent years have been caused by downed power lines serving California’s utilities. State officials have determined that electrical equipment owned by PG&E, including power lines and poles, was responsible for at least 17 of 21 major fires in Northern California last fall. In eight of those cases, they referred the findings to prosecutors over possible violations of state law.

Citigroup estimates that PG&E’s exposure to liability for those fires is $15 billion — and that it could face another $15 billion in claims if it is found responsible for the Camp Fire, a number that could rise because the fire is only a third contained.

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My mom was able to take the train to Chico to pick up my Grandpa and drive him back to her place in his car.  It took a while but they finally found out that my grandma was at a funeral home in Orvill

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My grandparents live(d) in Paradise.  Their home is gone.  My grandma was already hospitalized and passed away while they were evacuating her. My grandpa was able to evacuate eventually and is st

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Update on my cousin: her house in Paradise is gone. Because they weren't home when it broke out, they weren't able to get their pets. No idea what happened to them (a couple of cats) but they're assum

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3 hours ago, nate said:

My family is being almost harassed by lawfirms to join their lawsuits.  Which is not really ideal when you are dealing with a loss like they are.

Man, its like clockwork. Even in one home fires in the city, insurance adjusters are at the home almost as soon as its out. Like under an hour. I assume they can listen in on the fire departments radios.

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yeah, it just keeps getting worse.

but then, here's one of the more moving stories i can remember in recent years. I work in the Adventist school system and Paradise Adventist Academy is a k-12 school in our system. This is pretty awesome. 

Maureen Mayden Wisener

November 11 at 8:12 AM

Last night, the Paradise Adventist Academy Cougars girls VB team travelled to Auburn, CA to play the Forest Lake Christian HS in the quarterfinals for Norcals. This is their division's version of a state championship. 

Some on the team did not have VB gear - they need shoes, socks, knee pads, shorts, jerseys - since it was lost in the Camp Fire #campfire.

CIF was willing to postpone to Monday, but the girls wanted to play. When we arrived, we were overwhelmed with the love of Jesus by these amazing people, now friends!

FLCHS had asked their families to help us. Here is what they did:
- donated money so no one had to pay a gate fee (required by CIF)
- provided all new uniforms so that all the girls would wear a team uniform (socks, knee pads, shorts, jerseys personalized with Paradise and each girl's own number)
- gave each girl an envelope with $300 in gift cards
- gave each girl a gift bag with pillow, blanket, toiletries and more
- donated more than $16K to PAA
- provided a meal for all the families after the game
- escorted all of us to a room full of donations (clothes, toiletries, shoes, backpacks, jackets, . . .) and told us to "shop"
- gave us warm, welcoming hugs
- provided free food at their snack bar

Their love of Jesus overflowed and completely drenched us last night.

The gym was full. Supporters for our girls came from various Sacramento SDA schools and churches. A bus came from PUC to cheer our girls, and they presented flowers to each team member.

Our group was loud, as usual! We wanted these girls to know they are loved.

FLCHS won 3-1. It was a great game. Our girls played hard. They should be very proud. We certainly are proud of them. And, they set a record: it is the first time PAA has gone this far in this sport, ever.

A childhood friend met me there and she and her husband had brought gift bags of various necessities for the girls, too. (Thank you Diane Klischies Evans!)

We are overwhelmed. Thank you is simply not enough to express the gratitude we feel. My heart is full.

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2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

California regulators have announced they won't let PG&E go bankrupt.

The stock immediately jumped 38%.

 

This was actually already obvious from the legistlation that was passed earlier.  And guess who gets to pay for the fire?  The customers.  Yay us, or actually yay those up north.  But knowing CA regulators, I'm sure they will spread the wealth among all Calolfornians and not put additional burden only on the PG&E customers.

BTW.  They always come in threes.  So I wonder what PG&E will do for their third deadly accident.  You have San Bruno gasline explosion.  Paradise lost.  

I wonder at what point CA says to break them up?

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4 hours ago, AngelsLongBall said:

Or are they essentially getting cremated?

It takes a LOT of heat to burn a human body..but..

 Couple years ago (Detweiler Fire, Mariposa County) a neighbor of mine and his son had built one of those metal buildings on his son's property to store toys and tools in.. motorcycles, quads, cement mixers etc..and a pontoon boat. The building itself was standing after the fire, but everything inside was essentially melted.

Imagine how hot it was inside that building to melt machinery. The motorcycles, quads and the boat were like molten puddles on the concrete floor. 

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3 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

It takes a LOT of heat to burn a human body..but..

 Couple years ago (Detweiler Fire, Mariposa County) a neighbor of mine and his son had built one of those metal buildings on his son's property to store toys and tools in.. motorcycles, quads, cement mixers etc..and a pontoon boat. The building itself was standing after the fire, but everything inside was essentially melted.

Imagine how hot it was inside that building to melt machinery. The motorcycles, quads and the boat were like molten puddles on the concrete floor. 

That makes me feel a bit better. I think

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On 11/16/2018 at 7:22 PM, AngelsLongBall said:

They’re all gone, aren’t they?

I think a huge number of people will eventually be accounted for. I think (dont know for sure) that a ton of them are elderly, and in the middle of nowhere. So they probably dont have cellphones, or at least left them at home when they evacuated.

 

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