September is National Preparedness month. Each week of September, FEMA’s website Ready.gov will focus on a different emergency scenario and share tips on how to be prepared in case of floods, wildfires, hurricanes or power outages. The month culminates in National PrepareAthon Day on September 30. Visit Ready.gov for more information. When power outages occur during severe… Keep reading →
The ability to flip a switch or push a button and turn on a light is often touted as a symbol of our industrial society’s accomplishments. Flipping that switch represents the incredible infrastructure of our power grid that gives you access to power when you want it. And yet, in many cases, it doesn’t always… Keep reading →
After Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Atlantic shoreline, my 88-year-old mother-in-law sat in her New Jersey home, unwilling to leave her things, for over a week with no electricity. Another friend of mine spent that same week waiting in gas lines to refill a generator and keep his brother’s small business going. These two examples don’t even include the truly unfortunate folks who completely lost their homes and businesses; they just lost their electric power.
There has been quite a bit of buzz about whether the “smart grid” and associated technologies and applications actually helped in the Sandy recovery efforts. They may have but I think we can do better. Keep reading →
Hurricanes often cause flooding & power outages. Here is how you can prepare for whatever #Sandy throws your way http://1.usa.gov/mNuf9l fema
