General Discussion

Power grids aren't specified, and if these were large transmission lines than killing them would have had far reaching consequences.

The "derecho west of Houston" last May took down high-tension pylons and knocked out power to nearly 1 million. Took days to get a temp patch to connect hundreds of yards of gap in the electrical grid--clear the wreckage and do something to rig a temporary connection.

Then there are all the justifications given by power company officials concerning why power's off, obviously in the face of a lot of popular anger at their power being off. Politicians react to popular anger, esp. in California and especially when it's against large corporations.

This is where climate change mitigation is more important than trivial stopping of the effects of climate change in 20 years.