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Brother Buzz

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14. It's entirely on the utility's nickel

Reply to Cleita (Reply #13)

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 09:33 PM

Feb 2014

I suspect PG&E bean counters discovered it's far cheaper to hire cut-rate contractors to do the proactive work then to pay their own union workers to make repairs in the middle of storms, especially when you consider a substantial amount of that work is done on overtime.

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California drought: Rare good news as storms move in, and El Niño conditions are emerging in Pacific [View all] Brother Buzz Feb 2014 OP

In wanna dance in the rain! antiquie Feb 2014 #1

I'm gonna wash my car on Tuesday to guarantee the rain... Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #2

Fall asleep to rain videos on YouTube and imagine the rain falling. Cleita Feb 2014 #4

Good. I'm getting sick of falling asleep to all those rain videos attempting to Cleita Feb 2014 #3

That last pineapple express was something of a dud... Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #6

Our local meteorologists are predicting some optimism for it. Cleita Feb 2014 #7

I've been good to go for years Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #12

Yeah, the tree trimmers have been busy bees around here. Cleita Feb 2014 #13

It's entirely on the utility's nickel Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #14

We received over 7.5" in my my 'burb ... Auggie Feb 2014 #9

That's because the Pineapple Express had a laser focus on you Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #10

Excellent! Not to be greedy, but I hope it's cold enough to accumulate maximum snow levels Auggie Feb 2014 #5

I think there is hope for that because the snow pack is very needed. n/t Cleita Feb 2014 #8

Fingers crossed! n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2014 #11

SoCal's gonna get some too! antiquie Feb 2014 #15

One hopes for it. I mentioned the upcoming storm(s) MineralMan Feb 2014 #16

Lately, either the meteorologists are wrong, antiquie Feb 2014 #17