Who should we believe? PG & E or the County alert?

Just got off the phone with PG & E's Deanna Contreras who told me there will be the usual daily briefing today. When asked if there is a definite power shutoff tomorrow, she responded, " I never said that." In other words, stay tuned, as usual for 5:30 where we may or may not get a specific answer.


One minute later, this alert from the County.

"P G & E advises that ALL customers in Humboldt County will lose power again early Tuesday morning, due to extreme weather conditions, in parts of Humboldt County and surrounding counties, that will cause dangerous conditions for power transmission lines.  Expect power to be out several days.
Please note, all information is provided by P G & E and is subject to change at any time."

At 4:46 p.m. Deanna Contreras sends out a press release stating decision has been made about tomorrow. Ehy couldn't this have been told to me halfan hour ago? What is the point of the 5:30 press briefing if a decision has been made?

"As a precautionary measure to reduce wildfire risk during the next severe and widespread wind event in the forecast for Tuesday, Oct. 29 and Wednesday, Oct. 30, PG&E confirmed Monday that it will implement a PSPS in portions of 29 counties, affecting electric service for up to 605,000 customers.

Portions of the following counties are currently expected to be impacted: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Humboldt, Kern, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba.

The severe wind event is expected to start Tuesday morning in the North Valley, North Bay and Sierra Foothills; Tuesday afternoon in the southern Sierra Foothills; Tuesday evening in Kern County; and very early Wednesday in the Bay Area. The weather should clear in all areas by mid-day Wednesday."