A “horrible” month of August for Californians, headlines the New York Times . The 40 million inhabitants of the "Golden State" are struggling with the Covid-19 epidemic and fires are reappearing: 23 large outbreaks were reported on Wednesday, as well as 300 smaller ones. The icing on the cake is that the inhabitants of the state, readily presented as the most prosperous and environmentally friendly in the Union, are suffering from power outages, as in a developing country. Last week, two million Californians were deprived of electricity.
In recent days, the power has been cut, for a limited time, in various locations in the state. These are load shedding operated by the operators of the electricity network in order to avoid a major blackout. California is currently experiencing a heat wave, with 48 ° C in the shade Thursday at the aptly named Furnace Creek (the "Furnace") in Death Valley. The weather phenomenon is causing a rush on air conditioning, and therefore overconsumption of electricity.
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