If a power pole comes down, it could be at least a day before the utility company has it back up and running. A serious situation involving a whole power plant may leave you without electricity for around a week. Power from other plants is brought onto the grid to compensate for the la...
If a power outage were tolast a significant length of time, you may not be able to go out into the world and buy supplies from retailers. It won’t be long before food begins to spoil without an operating fridge and potentially limited access to clean water. Businesses may have to close...
Batteries do need to be replaced, although it can be after a very long period. A UPS typically has a light or will use a sound to indicate a battery that needs to be replaced, and it might indicate this via software running on the computer to which it’s connected. With great power,...
On an average weekday, the CTA provides over 1.5 million rides on its buses and trains. If that were a city population, it'd be in the seventh-largest city in the United States (or, in other words, that’s more rides than if the entire population of San Antonio took a ride on one...
Just 50 years ago, no one knew why the Earth has mountains. Now we do. This is the story of how we figured it out - and how we keep learning.
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How long have you been using drones in your work? “They’ve brought production values way up.” It’s been exactly one year since I got the chopper. I use DJI’s Inspire 1 along with my iPad Air as the monitor and controls. I wasn’t impressed with drones until I saw what the ...
Why I’m The Anti-Tourist That’s why I ditched the house and the job and became a full-time wanderluster — initially as an RVer, then as an around-the-world backpacker. As a full-timer, I can stay in one place as long as my greasy little heart desires, enjoying all that an ...
For emergency management, this is pretty good. Excluding major events (like the Texas freeze or hurricanes, or forest fires), the average power outage in the United States lasts about two hours, according to the US Energy Information Administration. If you set the temperature of the Wave to ...
Extreme weather:The most common reason for long-term power outages is when high winds, snow, ice, or extreme temperatures, such as anextended heat wave, arrive. Spikes in power demand: During periods of high power demand, usually in either very hot or cold weather, aging electrical grids an...