Long power outage a wake-up call to be better prepared
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After 36 hours of what seemed like 19th-century living, a reporter emerges with a better understanding of how fragile America's infrastructure is.
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The electric grid can be protected from big blackouts by deliberately disabling a few key power stations.
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Iraq has been plagued by electrical shortages since the U.S. invasion, but the blackouts have gotten worse this summer. Besides decaying infrastructure and insurgent attacks, a bumbling bureaucracy and local power rebellions are to blame.
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Utility companies in South Mississippi have strengthened procedures and developed new strategies to reason with hurricane season. After a hurricane -- no matter how large or small -- arguably the most critical resource is power.
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Some businesses in California will probably be forced to cut electricity use on Thursday because hot weather and high air-conditioning use prompted the state's power grid manager to call a "Stage 2 power emergency."
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Extreme weather leaves thousands of homes without electricity.
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Tips to squeeze every last minute of power out of your notebook's battery.
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There are various issues in operating in a disaster environment, usually starting with electrical power but also extending to employee concerns and the need for resupply.
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It's barely dawn when Mike Fitzpatrick starts his shift with a blur of colorful maps, figures and endless charts, but already he knows what the day will bring. Lightning will strike in places he expects. Winds will pick up, moist places will dry and flames will roar.
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Power is returning to many residents in the Bay Area this morning with all outages expected to end by 1 pm today, a Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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In a rare public warning to the power and utility industry, a CIA analyst this week said cyber attackers have hacked into the computer systems of utility companies outside the United States and made demands, in at least one case causing a power outage that affected multiple cities.
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Communities should be ready to fend for themselves without federal help for up to three days after a disaster hits, two former governors said Tuesday in calling for new plans to prepare states and cities for emergencies.
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Electricity available day and night is due to come online for a small island community for the first time.
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Nearly a quarter-million homes and businesses still had no electricity Monday as the city struggled to recover from last week's devastating thunderstorms.
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Utility crews worked overtime Saturday to restore electrical service to thousands of customers still blacked out by the Midwest's first big snowstorm of the season.
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Huddled near her fireplace, Marla Carter wondered when Skiatook will be mentioned in news reports about the storm-related power outages that have left her without electricity for the past 10 days.
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With thousands of city residents facing their second week without power, some political leaders turned their focus to the utility they said was at fault in the outage.