![]() ![]() In the Sierra, snow levels could be as low as 1,000-2,000 feet through Thursday before lifting slightly in the south on Friday. Snow levels will rapidly drop into Wednesday morning and may be as low as 500 feet, perhaps even reaching the ocean in localized spots in the north. Precipitation is forecasted for today as showers will accompany the winds in Humboldt and the Sierra Nevada crest. Winds are forecasted to dissipate across the interior late tonight and Wednesday morning. This cold front is expected bring wind gusts of 40-55 mph along the coast and in portions of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys with other areas seeing winds around 30-40 mph. PG&E is also prestaging power poles, powerlines, transformers, and other electric equipment at yards throughout its service area to restore power to affected areas safely and as quickly as possible. The models allow the company to have extra crews on standby to deploy to areas hard hit by the storm. The company is using its storm outage prediction models that help determine the potential timing, location, and number of power outages. ![]() ![]() In addition, PG&E has opened its Emergency Operations Center and local operations emergency centers in impacted regions to more efficiently allocate crews, materials and other resources to restoration efforts. Poised to respond to outages are PG&E electric crews, troublemen, distribution line technicians and system inspectors who serve as the utility's first responders, along with personnel who will monitor electric incidents for public safety. "Have an emergency plan in case you lose power and update your contact information on PG&E's website so we can provide you with real-time updates on outages in your neighborhood." As he offers a glimpse of our future, Mims asks us to consider the system's vulnerability and its resilience, and who shoulders the burden, as we hurtle toward a fully automated system-and what it will mean when we are there."We encourage customers to prepare for the storm now," said Angie Gibson, vice president, PG&E Emergency Preparedness & Response. The scope of such large-scale innovation and expended energy is equal parts inspiring, enlightening, and horrifying. He goes behind the scenes to uncover the paradoxes in this shift-into the world's busiest port, the cabin of an 18-wheeler, and Amazon's automated warehouses-to explore how the promise of "arriving today" is fulfilled through a balletic dance between humans and machines. Mims reveals a world where the only thing moving faster than goods in an Amazon warehouse is the rate at which an entire industry is being gutted and rebuilt by innovation and mass shifts in human labor practices. He analyzes the evolving technologies and management strategies necessary to keep the product moving to fulfill consumers' demand for "arriving today" gratification. In Arriving Today, Christopher Mims goes deep, far, and wide to uncover how a single product, from creation to delivery, weaves its way from a factory on the other side of the world to our doorstep. While consumers are profiting from the convenience of instant gratification, rapidly advancing technologies are transforming the way goods are transported and displacing workers in ways never before seen. We are at a tipping point in retail history. The Wall Street Journal technology columnist reveals the fascinating story behind the misleadingly simple phrase shoppers take for granted-"Arriving Today"-in this eye-opening investigation into the new rules of online commerce, transportation, and supply chain management. ![]() Shortlisted for the 2021 Porchlight Business Book Awards, Current Events & Public Affairs ![]()
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