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Rolling Blackouts, Prolonged Heatwave, And ‘Fire-nados’ Sends California To The Brink
Rolling Blackouts, Prolonged Heatwave, And ‘Fire-nados’ Sends California To The Brink Californians flocked to beaches, recreation areas, and lakes this past weekend to seek relief from one of the most extreme heat waves in a generation, straining the state’s power grid to the brink of collapse, reported Bloomberg. The heatwave brought triple-digit temperatures to […]
10 Blackout-Proof Preps You Need To Get Through Extreme Weather Emergencies
10 Blackout-Proof Preps You Need To Get Through Extreme Weather Emergencies Generally speaking, the American lifestyle is largely dependent upon the power grid. And when the grid goes down during the hottest times of the year, our eyes are opened to the need to have essential off-grid preps to survive. A sweltering heat wave that […]
California Fires Spark Massive Mandatory Evacuations; Wineries Burn As Winds Hit 93 MPH
California Fires Spark Massive Mandatory Evacuations; Wineries Burn As Winds Hit 93 MPH California’s annual wildfires are back despite a series of planned power outages aimed at preventing them – the latest of which is expected to affect as many as 3 million people across huge swaths of the state. The most intense fires raged […]
California Faces “Biggest Blackout Ever” As 2.5 Million PG&E Customers May Have No Power For Days
California Faces “Biggest Blackout Ever” As 2.5 Million PG&E Customers May Have No Power For Days Earlier this week we joked that with PG&E now scrambling to enforce intentional blackouts every time there are powerful winds for fears the bankrupt company’s aged infrastructure could cause a new fire, “every time the wind blows California will […]
“This Country Has Gone To Hell”: Total Chaos In Venezuelan Oil Capital After Blackout
“This Country Has Gone To Hell”: Total Chaos In Venezuelan Oil Capital After Blackout Venezuela’s oil capital, Maracaibo, was ransacked and looted in the midst of a blackout that hit the country around March 7. Even as the lights started to come back on, looting continued and residents overpowered disputed President Nichloas Maduro’s security forces. Store owners […]
Looters Pillage Venezuela Supermarkets As Crippling Blackout Hits Day Five
Looters Pillage Venezuela Supermarkets As Crippling Blackout Hits Day Five Looting and violence are rapidly on the rise as Venezuela enters its fifth day without power across most of the country though some reports suggest as much as 30% of power has returned to parts of the capital city Caracas. The UK Daily Mail has published a series of shocking […]
Catastrophic Power Outage Poses a “Profound Threat” to the US, New Government Report Finds
Catastrophic Power Outage Poses a “Profound Threat” to the US, New Government Report Finds The United States is not prepared for a catastrophic power outage, according to an alarming new report from the President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). The report, titled Surviving a Catastrophic Power Outage, explains the findings of the council, which is tasked […]
The Morning After: Mexican Earthquake Leaves Over 248 Dead, Millions Without Electricity
The Morning After: Mexican Earthquake Leaves Over 248 Dead, Millions Without Electricity Across central Mexico, rescue workers including soldiers and volunteers worked late into the night Tuesday to free the living who were still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings following Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in more than 30 years. The death toll from the […]
The EMP Threat: All It Would Take Is A Couple Of Explosions To Send America Back To The 1800s
The EMP Threat: All It Would Take Is A Couple Of Explosions To Send America Back To The 1800s Our entire way of life can be ended in a single day. And it wouldn’t even take a nuclear war to do it. All it would take for a rogue nation or terror organization to bring […]
Quebec ice storm: Why it’s impossible to storm-proof the power grid
Quebec ice storm: Why it’s impossible to storm-proof the power grid The ice storm that left an estimated 155,000 Quebecers in the dark this weekend had echoes of the Great Ice Storm of 1998, which left millions of homes in Eastern Canada without electricity for weeks. Hydro-Québec restores power to most homes The power grid […]
Hydro-Québec Restores Electricity To Most, But 8,500 Still In Dark
Hydro-Québec Restores Electricity To Most, But 8,500 Still In Dark Freezing rain, high winds and a rapid drop in temperature created a host of problems for people living in the greater Montreal region and elsewhere in southern Quebec. On Sunday, a dangerous mix of precipitation followed by freezing cold made for extremely slick road conditions. […]
