Jan 13, 2023

Alabama and Georgia suffered the worst of a winter storm that included tornadoes and severe winds that savaged much of the U.S. south Thursday night. Buildings were destroyed in Selma, Alabama. Members of the city council used light from their cellphones as they met outside to declare a state o…

Jan 05, 2023

A storm known as a “Bomb Cyclone” brought 45-foot waves out at sea, torrential rain, warnings of floods and mudslides, and caused more than 100,000 people to experience power outages.The storm was expected to drop up to 6 inches of rain in parts of San Francisco Bay. Most of the region was under …

Dec 27, 2022

A severe winter snowstorm with severe cold temperatures and snow entangled most of the United States the week of Christmas. About 12 states experienced blizzard warnings. North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and New York were some of the states imp…

Dec 21, 2022

A day after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook Humboldt County in Northern California 250 miles north of San Francisco. power has been restored to 50,000 electric customers. Immediately after the quake on Tuesday, 72,000 customers were without power. About 14,000 customers are still without power…

Oct 06, 2022

Hurricane Ian has left its mark on Florida and the Carolinas. One hundred and ten people are reported dead and hundreds of thousands of utility customers were without power on Wednesday, October 5th.Last week, Ian made landfall on the western side of the Florida peninsula. In its wake it left 300…

Sep 29, 2022

Hurricane Ian has left more than 2.5 millions of Floridians without power as it is downgraded to a tropical storm early Thursday. The storm is still considered dangerous as it continues to move through the state dumping raid and causing flash floods. More outages wee expected in the central and …

Sep 26, 2022

Florida is once again in the cross hairs of another hurricane. This one is known as Ian. The storm was officially categorized as a hurricane early on Monday and it continues to grow stronger as it crosses the Caribbean toward Cuba and Florida.Formed as a tropical storm on Friday, September 23rd …

Sep 19, 2022

Fiona is the latest of hurricanes that has savaged Puerto Rico in the last few years. The storm caused landslides, knocked out power, ripped up asphalt from roads and hurled the pieces. The hurricane struck just two days before the anniversary of Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm that hit on S…

Sep 07, 2022

A number of issues affecting the California grid are threatening the state’s green agenda.The issues include extreme drought causing government leaders to issue energy-conservation notifications. The state that promoted the electric car is now cautioning citizens to curtail there us during the La…

Aug 12, 2022

Lightning and torrential rains that began around 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 10th, resulted in flash flooding in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The worst of it early on was west of the I-495, known in D.C. as the Beltway. Regions heavily hit included Loudoun County and Front Royal in Virgi…

Aug 01, 2022

At least 30 are dead, including children after record flooding in Kentucky over the weekend.More rain was falling Monday, as search and rescue teams continue to look for the unaccounted. The additional rainfall could bring on more flooding in areas that experienced the worst of it on Wednesday.Ke…

Jul 28, 2022

The western section of the United States depends on Lake Mead for the generation of power. However, due to severe drought conditions, the lake has lost much of its water. Recognized as the largest reservoir in the United States, the lake currently has only 27 percent capacity. That’s the lowest …