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Entirety Of Lebanon Goes Dark, Mass Power Outage To Last Several Days
Entirety Of Lebanon Goes Dark, Mass Power Outage To Last Several Days On Saturday the entirety of Lebanon was plunged into darkness, with the electricity grid shut down completely after the small Mediterranean country’s two main power stations reportedly ran out of fuel. “The al Zahrani and the Deir Ammar power stations stopped working after supplies […]
“It’s A Really Dangerous Situation” – Afghanistan Faces Imminent Blackouts As Power Bills Skyrocket
“It’s A Really Dangerous Situation” – Afghanistan Faces Imminent Blackouts As Power Bills Skyrocket While the Taliban are clearly preoccupied with the security situation inside the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as emphasized by Sunday’s bombing at a major mosque in Kabul (ironically, the former insurgents are facing an insurgency of their own led by ISIS-Khorasan, […]
Millions Of Chinese Residents Lose Power After Widespread, “Unexpected” Blackouts; Power Company Warns This Is “New Normal”
Millions Of Chinese Residents Lose Power After Widespread, “Unexpected” Blackouts; Power Company Warns This Is “New Normal” Just yesterday we warned that a “Power Supply Shock Looms” as the energy crisis gripping Europe – and especially the UK – was set to hammer China, and just a few hours later we see this in practice […]
Nationwide Blackout Hits Syria After Gas Pipeline Bombed
Nationwide Blackout Hits Syria After Gas Pipeline Bombed A blackout has reportedly plunged all of Syria into darkness Friday into Saturday, with Syria’s state-run SANA announcing the nationwide power outage is due to an attack on a gas site and pipeline in southern Damascus. Into the overnight hours, electricity reportedly returned to much of the capital of Damascus, […]
Fire At UK-France Subsea Power Cable Could Trigger Winter Blackouts
Fire At UK-France Subsea Power Cable Could Trigger Winter Blackouts A fire in a subsea cable has dramatically reduced power imports from France until March, U.K.’s National Grid Plc said, deepening the energy crisis that threatens winter blackouts for millions. The timing couldn’t be worse. Before the fire, the U.K. was already experiencing a five-year […]
Hurricane Ida Exposes Grid Weaknesses As 2,000 Miles of High-Voltage Lines Damaged
Hurricane Ida Exposes Grid Weaknesses As 2,000 Miles of High-Voltage Lines Damaged More than a million customers across Louisiana are without power on Tuesday morning. Some reports indicate it could take weeks for the lights to come back on as thousands of miles of transmission lines were damaged after Hurricane Ida rolled through on Sunday. […]
Beirut Goes Dark As Economic Tailspin Sees Dire Fuel & Electricity Shortages
Beirut Goes Dark As Economic Tailspin Sees Dire Fuel & Electricity Shortages Starting Wednesday night Lebanon’s Central Bank announced that fuel subsidies have been halted, already at a moment where there’s been scarcity of both gas and electricity. Fuel prices are expected to at least quadruple, leading to a national scramble for fuel, exacerbating rolling blackouts akin to what’s […]
California Grid Strained As Power Shortfalls Loom
California Grid Strained As Power Shortfalls Loom Amid another heat wave across the Western half of the US, California issued a stage-2 power-grid emergency alert Friday and urged customers to conserve power as temperatures surpassed 100 degrees, according to The Sacramento Bee. The state’s grid operator, California Independent System Operator (ISO), issued the alert on Friday, […]
Why Isn’t the US Preparing for EMP War Like the Rest of the World?
Why Isn’t the US Preparing for EMP War Like the Rest of the World? You’re likely already familiar with the 2009 EMP Commission Report. It was this report that raised the issue of EMP-preparedness for the American public. It’s notorious stating that just one year after an EMP attack, 90% of the American population would be dead, […]
Triple-Digit Heat Dome Bakes Pacific Northwest, Triggers First Blackout
Triple-Digit Heat Dome Bakes Pacific Northwest, Triggers First Blackout The Pacific Northwest is experiencing a multi-day heat wave that we said last week would be “historic.” The unrelenting triple-digit temperatures shattered records across the region and have stressed out power grids where rolling blackouts have been reported. Bloomberg reports Avista Corporation, which supplies electricity to 340,000 […]
Blackouts, firestorms, and energy use
Blackouts, firestorms, and energy use Preface. Blackouts are more and more likely in the future from fires, hurricanes, natural gas shortages and more. Below is an account from a friend who had to evacuate due to a wildfire. Blackouts in the news: 2021. Texas Was Seconds Away From Going Dark for Months. *** This is a […]
Who’s To Blame For The Texas Power Crisis?
Who’s To Blame For The Texas Power Crisis? Our last report focused on the uniqueness of the Texas wholesale electricity market, ERCOT, and how it was specifically designed to evade federal utility regulation. And as if he were our paid spokesperson, former Texas governor Rick Perry stated publicly that Texans were happy to suffer blackouts […]
California Begins Cutting Power To 361,000 Customers As Fire Risk Surges
California Begins Cutting Power To 361,000 Customers As Fire Risk Surges Facing bone-crushing dryness and the strongest winds of the wildfire season, California’s largest utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) which filed for historic bankruptcy due to its role in previous infernos sweeping across the state has “de-energized certain electrical lines” in Northern California, which may result […]
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 […]
Isaias Aftermath: 2 Million Still Without Power Across Northeast; At Least 12 Tornados Confirmed
Isaias Aftermath: 2 Million Still Without Power Across Northeast; At Least 12 Tornados Confirmed Tropical Storm Isaias is long gone, but there’s widespread damage along the East Coast and more than 2 million homes in the Northeast without power. According to PowerOutage.US, 2.2 million of the 6.4 million affected electric customers remain without power in the […]
