San Francisco Chronicle Business & Technology News - Spoken Edition

Inside PG&E’s new fire forecasting center


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In a room where Pacific Gas and Electric Co. personnel used to monitor the electricity grid, analysts now watch day and night for fire. Maps glowing on a wall before them show fire threat levels for a broad swath of Northern and Central California, using a computer model fed by weather stations. The color-coded maps stretch out days in advance, with estimates for how conditions will change. Green equals low danger; red, high; glaring purple, extreme.
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San Francisco Chronicle Business & Technology News - Spoken EditionBy San Francisco Chronicle