Ive been to Cali many many times over the last 10 years. All over, LA, San Diego, San Fran, Anaheim, I just havent been too far up north yet.

Ive been witness to the INSANE amount of homeless people in San Fran. It was nuts. I work in downtown Chicago on a regular basis. I was downtown at 4am the other day and I couldnt find a single homeless person on the street. When I was in San Fran the week before there were tent cities on every block. Aggressive homeless in your face who were obviously severely mentally ill. What a contrast. The homeless in the cities are not a lie. Im sure they dont stray far from the downtown area though.

That being said. You guys live in the most beautiful and most dangerous part of the country. You are at constant threat of flash flood, mud slides, wild fires, and earth quakes. Are you really upset that they are making an effort to stop a natural disaster from happening?

Yes, electricity is needed in this day and age. Its also pretty simple to generate it yourself. We should all be doing this already. We should not rely on giant companies to distribute something we can all make and use ourselves. ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA.

I, myself, have a gas generator in the garage if needed. Not a permanent solution. I was honestly hoping those freaking solar shingles would be out soon as I will need a roof in the next couple years.

My inlaws however, who are very close, have a natural gas generator, well system with reverse osmosis, and a septic that gets filtered and dumped into their pond. That is my plan when the shit goes bad. Go to their house.

I would love a NG generator, I may get one some day. I would rather get a solar roof and have a shed in the back with a battery array when I can store power.

I really liked this idea for storing energy, although unrelated to what california is going through at this moment. Check it out.

https://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11524958/energy-storage-rail