Question

California’sCatastrophicWildfires in 3Charts"
by Isabella Isaacs-Thomas
Inadequate maintenance is partly to blame,courts have found. According to The New YorkTimes, PG&E’s electrical network — whichserves approximately 16 million people inCentral and Northern California — has beenlinked to multiple destructive fires, andregulators have determined that the company“violated state law or could have done more tomake its equipment safer” in several cases.
Power grids have also expanded toaccommodate growing communities in thestate, creating more opportunity for disaster.Keeley emphasized that California’s populationhas grown by 6 million since the year 2000.
“That 6 million increase in population meansmore people pushed out into areas of urbansprawl, of dangerous fuels, increased ignitionsources, increased potential for people gettingkilled, an increase in the electric grid,” Keeleysaid. “So if there’s anything that can explain theincrease in fires in the last 20 years, my feelingis it’s population growth.”
In addition to infrastructural issues like powergrids, mitigating human error on an individual
A)
Use the passage and the video to answerthe question.
Investigators Say PG&E Failed to RegularlyInspect Aging Equipment_Transcript
How does the tone throughout the videocompare to the tone of the article?
(1 point)
Like the article, the tone of the video is
hopeful as it presents changes to the
utility company.
Like the article, the tone of the video is
reserved as it questions the human
impact on the environment.
Unlike the article, the tone of the video
is optimistic as it offers human
solutions to wildfires.
Unlike the article, the tone of the video
is angry as it places blame on the
utility company

Answer 1

Unlike the article, the tone of the video is angry as it places blame on the utility company. The article is more explanatory/reserved about causes, while the video is investigative and critical of PG&E’s failures.