Every region has its weather challenges. Florida, the Southeast U.S. and Gulf Coast, hurricanes. The Midwest, tornados. New England and the “Upper Tier” of the continental U.S., brutal cold. But nothing I’ve seen matches the challenges California is facing with wildfires.
The Journal, one of a series of Wall Street Journal podcasts, had a fascinating edition Tuesday that details just how bad living with wildfires and prolonged electric outages is, and what a huge challenge it is to run a business under these conditions. If you listen to nothing else today, listen to this. You can access it here.