California public safety power shutdowns

Fri Oct 11 07:57:21 UTC 2019

On 10/10/19 8:46 PM, Javier J wrote:
> I have an alternative view. the more generators are running, the more
> trucks semt to refuel the tanks, the more moving parts, the more likely an
> accident is prone to happen somewhere. It's thr same reason you turn your
> vehicles engine off when you fill up at the gas station.
> 
> Diesel doesn't combust easily without conpression, but I'm pretty sure you
> can find incidents where diesel engines catch fire. maybe the roof of a
> datacenter is not a risk factor, but in thinking remote antennas on the top
> of a mountain anything can happen.

When I was between jobs in IT, I worked as a security guard for a year.
 During that year, the company I worked for supplied on-prem security
for a bankrupt casino at Lake Tahoe.

When one of the cell phone companies requested access to their equipment
located on the roof of the parking garage (space they leased) the
request went all the way to the Court.  The reason for access?  They ran
the electronics on bottled propane (NOT mains power AC) and they needed
to swap full tanks for the empties.  This was several months into my
stint on that site.

Not all generators run on diesel, I learned.