[UPDATE 5:34 p.m.: Downgrade of Evac Orders] Fire Overtops Mt. Baldy Near
Clearlake, Spreading Quickly
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"The fire near Eastlake Drive and Oak Street in Clearlake is now
approximately 100 acres."
Source
2 hours ago
4 comments:
Out all day. NO backup. No alternatives. It is amazing how much we have come to depend on this internet thing.
Must have been a Backhoe Induced Outage somewhere north of Eureka. We had no problem.
My favorite Gregg Foster quote for a story I did a while back was "We are one yahoo on a backhoe away" from disrupting the single fiber-optic cable. The first time a backhoe severed it a year or so back, I laughed thinking back on his statement. The second time was less funny now that I have Suddenlink and rely on broadband at home for work-related stuff.
Personally I favor stiffer penalties for disrupting internet service - how's the death penalty sound? :)
Kidding. Sort of.
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