Blackout discussion by Popular Mechanics

[610Alpha]

Something to share with friends and family to help them think about the what if?

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/infrastructure/us-woefully-unprepared-for-a-blackout-like-indias-analysis-11413652

Print it, email it, post it on twitter...or even old fashioned snail mail or a pair of tin cans and some string :)

[WiseOwl]

Saw this in my FB feed this morning. Shared with the chosen few.

It's crazy how vulnerable we are

[610Alpha]

I thought it was a pretty good...the guy mentions layers of preparedness...seems like I have heard that before.

I know someone in that DC area blackout this year that thought I was cuckoo for suggesting that they sell their iPhone to purchase a generator...yet they griped the whole time about how the line men were taking too long and they were allowed to take breaks to eat lunch and stuff. I quickly adjusted their perspective on a few things and gave them some things to think about...

[Irish-Tech]

But it cant possibly happen to us!