The state of California is known for having many frequent wildfires that have affected many California residents’ lives in the past few years. The most violent and destructive fire that happened in California was about a year ago, was the Camp Fire. This fire forced many residents to leave their homes and evacuate out of Butte County, leaving 85 people killed in this wildfire. Diablo winds and PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric) Company was left at fault for this devastating tragedy. Diablo winds are known for starting most wildfires in California especially in dry areas because it causes the air to compress, heating up and drying out the area. The PG&E company was also put to blame due to one of their power lines causing an electrical fire transmission, which was one of the major factors that started the Camp Fire.

     Now, PG&E is shutting off all of its power lines to avoid the recurrence of this accident. PG&E Company is California’s largest utility so this leaves many people furious at PG&E, but there are also people who are thankful for what PG&E is doing. PG&E Company had shut down power on October 9th in Northern California, leaving about 500,000 customers without power. Now their next shutdown of power will happen in the Bay Area on October 29th which will affect 596,000 customers. These power outages not only affect residents at home, but also on the road. Due to all of these outages happening, there is bound to be some accidents happening on the road. There were multiple accidents after this first shutdown of power on October 9th, because of traffic stoplights and street lamps not working.