Todays News:
I lost power due to the hurricane, I was out for about 2 days, The weather was mild, I had a gas hot water heater (and was on city water), plenty of non-perishible food, so it was just a minor annoyance overall.
I am thinking about buying a natural gas generator but will probably blow it off since I have only had two outages in the last four years in this house. One was overnight due to a lightning strike on a substation and the two-day outage due to the hurricane. Not too bad overall.
News:
BLACKOUT changes 1 transplant, 2 lives - Arizona Republic, AZ
<http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0921liver21.html>
... The date was Aug. 14, the afternoon of the enormous blackout. Shortly
before Torres' operation was to begin, the lights went out. ...
WIRELESS firms fret over blackout - Detroit News, MI
<http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0309/21/b11-276334.htm>
WASHINGTON -- The cellular industry is questioning its reliance on the
nation's electric grid after last month's massive blackout, which outlasted
the backup ...
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OIL to cost more, same for natural gas, electricity - NewHavenRegister.com
<http://www.newhavenregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10198400&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=517515&rfi=6>
Energy forecasters predict the cost of heating oil will go up this winter,
as will the cost of natural gas and electricity. So unless ...
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DISTRICT 204 turns up electric savings - Chicago Daily Herald, IL
<http://www.dailyherald.com/dupage/main_story.asp?intID=3788553>
... The program has wonderful administrative support.". Energy conservation
starts at the building level, Superintendent Gail McKinzie said. ...
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POWER where you'd least expect it - Monroe Herald, WA
<http://heraldnet.com/Stories/03/9/21/17500138.cfm>
... The 2,500 cows on the four dairy farms located near the former prison
farm produce enough manure to run a half-megawatt generator. ...
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CLUSTER concept pays off - Indianapolis Star, IN
<http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/7/076382-1217-031.html>
... exists in West Lafayette and at the Crane Surface Naval Warfare Center;
advanced battery know-how is concentrated in Kokomo; and expertise in
distributed power ...
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REPUBLICANS Set to Spell Out Plan for Oil Drilling in Refuge - New York Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/22/politics/22ENER.html?ex=1064808000&en=1f2284a06136daa7&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
... industry. Last week's energy negotiations were devoted to less divisive
subjects, like energy efficiency and hydrogen fuels. But ...
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