The for sparking the most destructive fire in history opted against de-energizing their transmission lines because the strength of the wind fell just shy of the threshold.
Southern Edison will typically consider de-energizing transmission lines if wind speeds of between 60mph and 80mph are recorded.
On the day the Eaton fire broke out in the mountains near Altadena and Pasadena, the National Weather Service had recorded wind gusts of 59mph at Edison's Eaton Canyon monitoring site - just one mile per hour short of the threshold.
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