High winds, rains, winter storms and tropical cyclones accounted for 80% of power interruptions over the last 20 years
Power outages in the US are surging, as climate-related extreme weather strain an already burdened energy grid.
Over the last decade, severe storm outages increased by 74% compared with the previous 10 years.
High winds, rains, winter storms and tropical cyclones including hurricanes, accounted for 80% of all power interruptions over the last 20 years, a new report from non-profit research group Climate Central shows.
“We’re seeing that the warming is having a direct impact on severe weather,” said Jen Brady, author of the report and senior data analyst at Climate Central. “The conditions that our infrastructure was built to handle are much different [now] than what they were.”
So what they are saying is (just like here btw) we knew we had to upgrade the net years ago but that costs money we dont want to spent so fuck you…
My mother bought an LPG electric generator because of this. Fossil fuels on top of fossil fuels.
My area was severely flooded after getting 5 inches of rain in 2 days. So many roads fell apart and homes were wrecked. My house was fine, thankfully, other than some of my gutter downspouts falling off in the crazy wind.
Climate change isn’t real! This is because we haven’t gone to church. MTG says so!! /s
Bury your power lines, people!
(And by people I mean city utilites. Do not attempt to do that yourself, lol.)
My gf has lost power to floods probably 5 times in the last 10 months.
