Josh Smith

You have gas lines coming out of the ground on every single one of those. So you have to go through and mitigate that danger and make sure that all those gas lines are taken care of. You then power wise, you have junction cans and transformers. And what you don't know is what's still hot and what's not hot as far as energized. So you can't just assume.

you know, well, that transformer is dead over there. This one must be dead too. So there's a lot of mitigating risk and like threat to life that the power companies have to come through and just make sure everything's actually safe before you can even start. And then.

you know, well, that transformer is dead over there. This one must be dead too. So there's a lot of mitigating risk and like threat to life that the power companies have to come through and just make sure everything's actually safe before you can even start. And then.

you know, well, that transformer is dead over there. This one must be dead too. So there's a lot of mitigating risk and like threat to life that the power companies have to come through and just make sure everything's actually safe before you can even start. And then.

Well, and this goes back to something that we dealt with when... So when I was still a lineman, they had had... They have fires down there in California all the time, but they had had some major, major fires that burned up a ton of homes maybe seven, eight years ago.

Well, and this goes back to something that we dealt with when... So when I was still a lineman, they had had... They have fires down there in California all the time, but they had had some major, major fires that burned up a ton of homes maybe seven, eight years ago.

Well, and this goes back to something that we dealt with when... So when I was still a lineman, they had had... They have fires down there in California all the time, but they had had some major, major fires that burned up a ton of homes maybe seven, eight years ago.

Six or seven years ago. And it was found to have been started by a power line that touched a tree or whatever. And so... the citizens that were affected by that turn around and they sue like PG&E, right? They sue the power company. Well, the issue with that is guess who is going to pay for that? It's going to be the rate payers when they come out of that, right?

Six or seven years ago. And it was found to have been started by a power line that touched a tree or whatever. And so... the citizens that were affected by that turn around and they sue like PG&E, right? They sue the power company. Well, the issue with that is guess who is going to pay for that? It's going to be the rate payers when they come out of that, right?

Six or seven years ago. And it was found to have been started by a power line that touched a tree or whatever. And so... the citizens that were affected by that turn around and they sue like PG&E, right? They sue the power company. Well, the issue with that is guess who is going to pay for that? It's going to be the rate payers when they come out of that, right?

And then you start turning this thing into, and this is where the discussion came to Montana. It's like, okay, it's hot and dry in August, crazy hot and dry, drought, Does the power company make the decision, hey, we don't want to get sued if we happen to actually accidentally start a fire. So we're going to start shutting the power off every day at one o'clock until nine o'clock at night.

And then you start turning this thing into, and this is where the discussion came to Montana. It's like, okay, it's hot and dry in August, crazy hot and dry, drought, Does the power company make the decision, hey, we don't want to get sued if we happen to actually accidentally start a fire. So we're going to start shutting the power off every day at one o'clock until nine o'clock at night.

And then you start turning this thing into, and this is where the discussion came to Montana. It's like, okay, it's hot and dry in August, crazy hot and dry, drought, Does the power company make the decision, hey, we don't want to get sued if we happen to actually accidentally start a fire. So we're going to start shutting the power off every day at one o'clock until nine o'clock at night.

Or you could bury the power lines. Um, that's easier said than done. Like go try and bury that many power lines through a major city. You know, I mean, I feel like it's not that hard.

Or you could bury the power lines. Um, that's easier said than done. Like go try and bury that many power lines through a major city. You know, I mean, I feel like it's not that hard.

Or you could bury the power lines. Um, that's easier said than done. Like go try and bury that many power lines through a major city. You know, I mean, I feel like it's not that hard.

Even like on Maui burying power lines, it's made out of volcanic rock. I mean, uh, at times ditching power lines is easier said than done, you know, when it's volcanic freaking rock, you know, I'm just saying it lowers the fire danger.

Even like on Maui burying power lines, it's made out of volcanic rock. I mean, uh, at times ditching power lines is easier said than done, you know, when it's volcanic freaking rock, you know, I'm just saying it lowers the fire danger.

Even like on Maui burying power lines, it's made out of volcanic rock. I mean, uh, at times ditching power lines is easier said than done, you know, when it's volcanic freaking rock, you know, I'm just saying it lowers the fire danger.

But the other thing with these power lines is like in Montana, when we trim trees and vegetation away from our power lines, we have the advantage that shit doesn't grow around here for like six, seven months. In California, your vegetation is growing 12 months out of the year. You know, again, who's going to pay for all that, right?