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When The Lights Go Out
When The Lights Go Out Dreaming of a power outage that lasts forever Each winter, storms knock out the electricity to my home. I live in the country, over hills and past muddy pastures and brown meadows. Snow and ice grip the trees, pulling them past the breaking point, and the lights flicker and die. […]
Americans Face Elevated Winter Power Outage Risks From Tight Fuel Supplies, Faltering Grid: Report
A Boston-area resident shoveling snow. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Americans Face Elevated Winter Power Outage Risks From Tight Fuel Supplies, Faltering Grid: Report As the snow flies and temperatures plummet, regulatory agencies and analysts alike warn that residents in multiple U.S. states are at an elevated risk of dangerous winter blackouts. States such as Texas and North […]
Summer Outages Are Coming. Is Your Facility Prepared?
Summer Outages Are Coming. Is Your Facility Prepared? On-site microgrids provide facilities with reliable energy during extreme weather that threatens utility blackouts and price increases. Bloomberg News, the Wall Street Journal — almost every week we see news articles warning of more summer outages than ever before. The U.S. is experiencing more outages than other industrialized nations. […]
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 […]
PG&E Outage Leaves 60,000 People Without Power In San Francisco
PG&E Outage Leaves 60,000 People Without Power In San Francisco Embattled utility PG&E reported a service interruption on Friday that cut power to 22,000 customers – about 60,000 people – in San Francisco and stranded riders on the city’s Muni rail service. One reporter said problems with PG&E Substation A had likely caused the outage, […]
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 […]
2 Dead, 700,000 Without Power As Damages From “Nightmare” Michael Top $20 Billion
2 Dead, 700,000 Without Power As Damages From “Nightmare” Michael Top $20 Billion As it moved inland over Georgia on track to hammer some parts of South and North Carolina that haven’t yet recovered from Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Michael was downgraded to a tropical storm Wednesday night. It’s expected to exit the Continent on Friday, […]
The Death Of Traditional Power Grids
The Death Of Traditional Power Grids The problem with centralized power grids is that they can be crippled at just one point of failure, leaving consumers vulnerable to outages. According to Mark Feasel of Schneider Electric, the cost of such outages for the U.S economy overall is $150 billion a year. An irritating inconvenience for […]
Pandemonium: Atlanta Airport Power Outage Grounds Flights, Traps Travelers; Evacuation Underway
Pandemonium: Atlanta Airport Power Outage Grounds Flights, Traps Travelers; Evacuation Underway Update: Delta has canceled all remaining Sunday flights ”to allow the operation to best reset for Monday,” it said in a statement on its website. The company now anticipates a near-full schedule Monday in Atlanta ”pending full resumption of power”; adding that some delays […]
Chaz Peling: Backup Power Solutions
Chaz Peling: Backup Power Solutions Be prepared if the lights suddenly go out Over the past month, the Americas have sustained extensive damage from 3 major Atlantic hurricanes and 2 major earthquakes in Mexico. In terms of destroyed houses and businesses, ruined cars, and lost lives, it has been an extremely costly couple of weeks. […]
Yesterday’s Broad Power Outage Likely Caused By Geomagnetic Storm
YESTERDAY’S BROAD POWER OUTAGE LIKELY CAUSED BY GEOMAGNETIC STORM Prior session, a massive US power grid failure was seen across the entire United States in one simultaneous fashion. San Fransisco, New York, and Los Angeles were the three main areas that were hit the hardest. Each of the areas experienced challenges or shut downs in business […]
This Is How Quickly Society Will Break Down: “If You Don’t Have Food Yet I Feel Sorry For You”
This Is How Quickly Society Will Break Down: “If You Don’t Have Food Yet I Feel Sorry For You” Record breaking winter snow storms… they might be extreme, but should they really be crippling cities across the country? The Drudge Report is splashed with warnings to “shelter in place,” while reporting that food is running out, and grocery stores […]
Massive Blackout Hits Turkey, Grounding Planes, Stopping Subways; Terror Not Ruled Out
Massive Blackout Hits Turkey, Grounding Planes, Stopping Subways; Terror Not Ruled Out Ankara, we have a problem. At around 10:36 a.m. local time, Turkey suffered a massive power outage that left half of the country’s 81 provinces without electricity in what was the biggest blackout in a decade and a half. The blackout shut down subways […]
