and a couple Billion MORE to build a NEW UTILITY   after it  declares Bankruptcy  !

Its used up its insurance ,its reserves ,its credit lines ….They squandered the money giving to Charities so the Public will adore them as GOOD LIBERALS ….and not complain about increase rates and INCREASE SALARIES ….WE love Liberals in California   dont we !  The land of MILK and HONEY  where all Public officials make over $200,000 per year ..police, Fire ,mayors,life guards !  JUST dont ask people in the rest of the COUNTRY that make less than half of that to subsidize you ! and complain that that MEAN TRUMP guy must be a RACIST  because those that elected him resent your high living at working peoples expense .RAISE TAXES on PUBLIC EMPLOYEES to get what you need !  ASK what you can do for your STATE ,not what it can do for you !   You need more refugees too  …soon you will join them with only the shirts on YOUR back

…Its a good thing my son put Solar Panels on his house ,He can go off GRID if he has to ,He ‘s a PHD PHYSICIST and did it himself…(San DIEGO).First they gave him a subsidy credit for saving them money of Capital Expenditure and he was allowed to sell them electricity ,now he cant SELL them electricity anymore..He must have a MINIMUM BILL .. NICE OF THEM..!

When flames started licking the building across the street we decided to get out. We lived half a block from the fire station and had a fire hydrant right across the street. We thought it was a fairly safe spot for Paradise, but I always knew the risks, especially these days, when the agenda to force all of us out of the hills and into “smart” cities is pretty clear.

or its going to be a BAD Christmas  !

Yes my son in law said one of his relatives lost his houses twice. Once before think he said 2008 and now.
Like a friend in Texas said about hurricanes. They hear it over and over or leave then can’t get back so they don’t leave.
I hope they got out. When your putting out fires and can see it’s coming your way they should think get out like you did lol.
Even if the house don’t go up they could get over whelmed in smoke. I was in a couple hospital fires. As one was pouring smoke out from the vents coming from the basement I was pulling them out. It sucked all the oxygen out of the air but with just two of us left Cuz the others could no longer go back and one nurse collapsed and had to be treated we got them out. You just can’t breath. Then there’s the heat and it can even come by like a jet and throw you around.
A female fire fighter because they keep risking their lives in mountain chimney area without proper protection got thrown into the fire she was running from by the heat. She sadly and very young did not survive the heat blast.

Yields must fall   ….GOOD for GOLD   !

The Yield CURVE flattened out again ,thats bad for the economy  !   It was headed up   !

They must cut Rates or the economy goes into recession…!    The FED must back off   !

Trump is RIGHT again ,will the FED CO-OPERATE or will the Banksters try to do him in  ?

That’s all good advice. Most of the old timers in Paradise had been through similar fire scares before, and were taking this one in stride. My neighbor ran a AAA towing service, and had radio contact with everyone, and she was not at all panicked, even as late as 11 AM when I talked to her. But I read that the authorities knew as early as 9:30AM that the whole town was going to go.

They totally failed these people by not calling to evacuate. Their lives were in their hands and learned not to trust that.
I can understand that if they couldnt get back. I can understand why they evacuate the ones closest to the fire first in immediate danger and not to tie up traffic so they can get out. My eyes were opened to how fast fire can move when I was a teen and saw it come down a mountain in one second. No exaggeration, only one second and there were people caught it in. I was a block away from the base and there was fire burning around me suddenly. It was called the Sylmar Loop fire.
I learned when it’s coming to put a rag in your mouth and have one handy in your pocket so you don’t breath in the fire and heat. That you never assume anything and there should be watcher out there as well as fire hoses. There was no watcher so glad you watched yourself. If you have time you can just tell others but you waited for a order to come that never came watched yourself and barely got out.
Same happened in 911, they told them to wait and not get out and they obediently stayed till the end and never got out.

They still put fire people in danger and they even need to speak up and ask questions or what they will need like things I mentioned and always keep the WCS in their escape plan like what if the wind picks up or changes. It’s so fast even if you know it could get you if you don’t have a save place to move fast if it turns against you.
Hope you all speak up for the people who never got the order.
One of my son in laws. two of his family members also lost their homes there too but they all got out same as you just left and got their pets out.

R640, Ipso – I don’t know guys, we’re ripping higher tonight up $3.10!!!

Could be great until the open tomorrow…

Goldcountry – glad things have turned out OK for you and you’ve made it out OK

Many people had gone to work down in Chico before the fire broke out and when they learned about it they were not allowed to go back up to rescue animals. Some phoned friends or neighbors to ask them to rescue the animals but. . . only a few were successful.
In 2008 they had a fire that evacuated the town and caused such gridlock that they developed a plan to evacuate in stages. They had mailed out brochures to explain the evacuation plan, and folks were following it. They had only called for half the town to be evacuated, when they realized the whole town was at risk. The fire moved so fast they never gave the order to the west side of town where I lived.The roads had cleared by the time my son and I got out, but flames were coming from all sides, and some people were still obediently huddled in their homes.

Yes gold firm dollar up yes that shows some strength.

Can you hear the system straining … errrk skreek

I wonder what happened to Venezuela’s gold?

It’s been darn ugly I can say that!

Gold didn’t do much today but it held it’s own. These days That’s Something.

Hey we’re up (HUI) 2 days in a row. That’s cause for celebration!

November Snow In Texas? Experts Warn Decreased Solar Activity Will Shatter All Global Climate Models

There have been virtually no sunspots in 2018 as solar activity has dropped to alarmingly low levels. As a result, our atmosphere has been cooling and shrinking, and experts are warning that we are heading for a bitterly, bitterly cold winter. And even though the official start of winter is well over a month away, winter weather is already sweeping the nation.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-15/november-snow-texas-experts-warn-decreased-solar-activity-will-shatter-all-global

I’m glad you and family got out and sounds like you got out just in time. I can’t understand why people didn’t gather their pets and keep them inside and leave with them and worse locked them in instead of a least giving them a fighting chance. I heard people were breaking windows of abandoned homes so the pets could escape, if they did.
A open window almost insures fire will get in but that’s their fault.
That’s why I sent herilooms handed down four generations out of the state to a niece.
Next time you build, maybe build a cellar with a metal top or maybe someone here can give you some ideas, to put things in.
I saw one in Australia where there was no time to get out so they went in it was pretty deep thank goodness. They videoed the metal top as the fire went over them and it was so hot it was red. Luckily the shelter went back and they weren’t under it incase it melted.
My step grandparents in Oroville had a big farm there with lots of olive trees.
They had a underground cellar but luckily never had to use it while they were still on earth. Now the Gov isn’t really fixing the dam just repairing it a bit. Same old BS.
I’ve given to the cause but will try to send some money your way in a week or so.

Now some elementary schools will be closed tomorrow.

Probably just a bunch of misprints.

I’m hoping we’ve reached some sort of a bottom but I’ve been holding and hoping for a long time.

The lure of pm stocks is what we’ve seen them do before. I hate the way gold acted today though.

As always, we’ll see what happens.

A woman in Northern California said Monday that the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. contacted her about “sparks” in power lines on her property one day before the deadly wildfire in Paradise began.

Betsy Ann Cowley said the power company emailed her on Wednesday and warned that they were “having problems with sparks” and needed access to her property in the small town of Pulga.

On Thursday, the wildfire started near Pulga and incinerated the neighboring town of Paradise.

A total of 42 people have been declared dead from the blaze.

Cowley said she was on vacation when she received the email. The company visited her home Wednesday, but she was not aware of what their conclusion was.

Earlier Monday, PG&E said it experienced a problem on an electrical transmission line near the site of the massive fire, minutes before the blaze broke out.

California authorities have launched a probe targeting PG&E to “assess the compliance of electric facilities with applicable rules and regulations in fire impacted areas.”

Two days in a row. It could be some sort of oddity? 🙂

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/15/britain-is-now-heading-for-a-no-deal-brexit/

PG&E CEO could get more than $12 million in bonuses — if company performs