This Is What Adapting to Climate Change Looks Like
PG&E’s blackouts in California are a bleak preview of the disruptions that will become routine in a warmer world.
by Robinson Meyer
Oct 11, 2019
3 minutes
California has always promised Americans a glimpse of the future. But this week, the Golden State is forecasting a future that nobody wants to live in.
Millions of people across California lost their power this week, after the local utility Pacific Gas and Electric intentionally shut off electrical lines to avoid starting wildfires in dangerously dry and windy conditions. The outage—termed a “public-safety power shutoff”—stretched hundreds of miles across the state’s northern half, dousing the lights in affluent Bay Area suburbs, on Sacramento Valley ranches, and in large coastal cities
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