Originally Posted by Rochard

This is the new norm. Fires get out of control and there is little we can do to stop them. I read that one of the fires yesterday went from a small fire to four thousand acres in an hour.

While California is no longer in a drought, the truth is it just rarely rains here. I honestly cannot remember the last time it rained.

Even worse is that the power company is shutting down power. I live in Northern California, right on the edge of civilization.... Just outside of town is "country". They are shutting down power and everyone who lives in the country area went without power for three days the week before last. Seems they are doing it again. My house is inside of the shut off zone provided by the power company, but so far they haven't shut off power at my house. This cannot be the new norm - shutting down power every other week for three days. People are fucking furious.

I have solar, but it's hooked up to the power company... If my power gets shut down my solar... goes to waste. I need to have some kind of a switch so that it the solar power gets re-routed directly to my house.