Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle At The Door

On 1/13/2025 7:59 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 08:59:34 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
 

On 1/12/2025 8:44 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:32:54 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>

On 1/11/2025 8:54 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:48:19 -0800, Bobbie Sellers
<bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:

>
<<snippo more stuff>>
>

So Southern California should be abandoned by all but the
entertainment industry and the retirees should move to Florida.:^(

>
Florida is out -- retirees are fleeing because of the high condo fees,
or some such nonsense.
>
Well, according to /some/ online sources, anyway.

>
High insurance costs for all the beachfront buildings that are starting
to subside because of rising sea levels and the resulting knock-on
effects from that like insurance companies refusing to add new policies
or renew existing ones because doing so would endanger their profits.

>
It's either that or raise rate ... nationwide. Gotta get the money to
cover the claims from /somewhere/, and adding it to the National Debt
is not available. So far.
>
As other posts discussed, California is in a similar situation due to
wildfires. Which ultimately may mean "poorly-managed infrastructure,
specifically electricity distribution". Or not, as the case may be.
>

It was in part.  The electrical utilities have spend a lot of money
(rate hikes) over the last several years updating and upgrading their
electrical equipment.  The largest has been moving their lines
underground, which is not quick or cheap.

 
Our rates keep going up as needed to keep the electricity (and the
water, these are two different city-run utilities) flowing. They are
apparently installing EV chargers along parking strips in some areas.
How that actually works I don't know: does the user charge the cost on
a card?

>
The user has to pay to charge their vehicle.  Think parking meters.

is the homeowner stuck for the additional electricity used by
anyone who parks there and charges the car?
 
A recent discussion on Nextdoor, fueled by a suburb with lots a trees
and therefore lots of fallen power lines/poles in a recent major storm
("bomb tornado", IIRC), revealed that underground lines have problems
too. And cost a heck of a lot more to fix. But I suppose that depends,
to some extent, on the nature of ground they are under.