To the editor: I learn your article on the Southern California Edison chief government claiming that his company did everything right before the Eaton fire with some amazement.
Definitely, everyone seems to be enjoying the blame recreation proper now, however for Edison to say that the winds weren’t inside its 60- to 80-mph vary for energy cutoff is a bit shocking, significantly when the info (as reported in that very same article) present that close by wind speeds in Altadena exceeded 60 mph. I can solely conclude that 60-80 mph is an arbitrary vary, and Edison will get to determine when to chop the facility when the winds are someplace inside it.
The true drawback is that the monitoring station and the tower suspected of igniting the blaze weren’t in precisely the identical location. Wind speeds on the tower might have been increased than these on the monitoring station.
Contemplating that cheap, tiny sensors are available and may present real-time information, it’s outstanding that Edison was indirectly monitoring the wind pace at an space prone to expertise harmful gusts.
Stefan Kirchanski, Santa Monica
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To the editor: Studying that Edison lagged in inspecting the transmission lines that will have ignited the fires as soon as once more underscored the failings on this for-profit system.
It’s merely unsafe to have a crucially necessary utility, inextricably tied to public security, run by an organization with a revenue motive. As a result of when revenue is the driving force, cost-cutting is rarely far behind; the truth is, it’s baked into the system.
L.J. Williamson, Granada Hills
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To the editor: To ensure that Edison to prevail on its assertions that it isn’t chargeable for the deaths, property harm and human distress brought on by the Eaton fireplace, it must persuade Cal Hearth, each decide and each jury that hears each case towards it that Edison will not be accountable.
That’s not going to occur, as a result of its Southern California chief government mentioned that when he noticed the movies and early pictures of the hearth burning beneath considered one of Edison’s towers, it was cheap to conclude that Edison was chargeable for the Eaton fireplace.
Edison’s self-serving statements and studies on the contrary usually are not going to vary that.
Charles Cummings, Pasadena
The author is an lawyer.
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To the editor: This huge-scale destruction has one small silver lining: The Los Angeles Division of Water and Energy and Southern California Edison can now put all utility traces underground when Altadena and Pacific Palisades are rebuilt.
Cary Adams, North Hollywood
