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2019-10-13 Home Front: Culture Wars

Oxygen-dependent California man dies 12 minutes after PG&E cuts power to his home

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-13 02:15|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Criminal negligent manslaughter charges against PG&E employees.

Posted by Varmint Splat1454 2019-10-13 07:49|| 2019-10-13 07:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Not against PG&E, but against the bureaucrats who mandated the power cut!

Posted by Alistaire Untervehr8459 2019-10-13 08:16|| 2019-10-13 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Backup O2 supply for mobility or for emergency's always present. So he was alone. No caregiver. He obviously had a heart attack. The cheap route are these oxygen concentrators. Because of insurances or self pay you are tied to a 50 foot line. This was sloppy. PG&E should have been contacted. Arrangements could have been made. Power generator, H tank and so on. Who is at fault if the molecular sieve material has degraded (O2 concentration drops below prescribed prescription).

Posted by Dale 2019-10-13 08:37|| 2019-10-13 08:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Good info Dale.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-10-13 11:53|| 2019-10-13 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm gonna need to know who he voted for before I decide whether I'm sympathetic or not.

Posted by charger 2019-10-13 15:48|| 2019-10-13 15:48|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 Your a hoot. That was good. Thank you JohnQC

Posted by Dale 2019-10-13 16:05|| 2019-10-13 16:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Aren't we all sort of...."oxygen-dependent ?"

Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-13 16:08|| 2019-10-13 16:08|| Front Page Top

#8 I've a CPAP that I love. Got a backup battery for when the power's out. Not that hard

Posted by Frank G 2019-10-13 17:06|| 2019-10-13 17:06|| Front Page Top

#9 PG&E are not responsible for this man's death. He or caregivers are instructed that backup power is required, or yes an H tank of O2, in case of power failure. It is HIS fault.

Posted by Texhooey 2019-10-13 19:39|| 2019-10-13 19:39|| Front Page Top

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