UNLOCKED! Infrastructure Nerd Hour: PG&E and California Wildfires
Current Affairs
English - March 03, 2021 13:11 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 581 ratingsNews Government politics culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Infrastructure enthusiast Sparky Abraham is joined by Dr. Magnus Jamieson, an expert in electrical power systems, to discuss the fire which destroyed the town of Paradise, California in November 2018—the most destructive wildfire in California's history, caused by a single faulty electrical line and a whole bunch of systemic problems. Warning: this episode contains a lot of nerding out about transmission towers.
The fire report: https://www.buttecounty.net/Portals/30/CFReport/PGE-THE-CAMP-FIRE-PUBLIC-REPORT.pdf?ver=2020-06-15-190515-977
This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.