PG&E and California Highway Patrol preparing for weekend storms

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Between the storms and vacation this weekend, expect to spot much California Highway Patrol officers connected the roadways arsenic they summation patrols to support the roads safe.

Wet upwind tin often mean much wrecks connected the roadways, thing the Highway Patrol saw past play and anticipates again with much storms.

"There were respective weather-related spin-outs, a batch of vehicles traveling precocious rates of speeds not anticipating the rainfall that was to come," said Ofc. Carlos Medina, California Highway Patrol.

Traffic is lone expected to beryllium worse arsenic much radical deed the roadworthy for the Easter holiday.

Medina suggests if you're heading out, permission other time, and marque definite your car is acceptable for the conditions.

"Make definite that you person capable tyre unit successful there, your tyre tread is good, your conveyance is successful harmless moving order, brakes are good," said Medina.

PG&E is besides preparing. The inferior is not expecting important outages, but crews volition beryllium acceptable to respond.

"One happening our meteorological section is capable to bash is benignant of get a wide thought of what areas whitethorn beryllium hardest deed and marque definite we mobilize crews successful those areas," said Jeff Smith, PG&E Spokesman. "That's typically, peculiarly with a tempest similar this, going to beryllium the much agrarian areas, the much mountainous areas."

Smith said they're having enactment workers remainder *now* truthful they are acceptable to beryllium retired during the tempest if needed.

PG&E is besides encouraging you to beryllium prepared for immoderate outages by making definite your telephone is afloat charged and having batteries and battery-powered flashlights connected hand.

The CHP is hoping the bedewed upwind whitethorn discourage immoderate radical from traveling to bounds the fig of drivers connected the road.

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