Sentences with phrase «number of power outages»

If you're familiar with the number of power outages we get in our neighbourhood — big trees mean lots of blackouts — then I can state that these candles have two uses: they're decorative, and they're also a part of our emergency kit!

Hurricane - force winds caused the highest total number of power outages in the area since 2003.

And Con Edison officials agreed, stating the trees were the main cause of the high number of power outages during both nor'easter s.

«Hurricane Irene caused the greatest number of power outages on Long Island — 523,000 outages at peak — since Hurricane Gloria in 1985.

Not exact matches

(The metric here is «customer - hours,» which is the number of customers without power multiplied by the duration of the outage.)

And given that widespread power outages have continued into November, the number of indirect deaths from the hurricane is probably higher still.

«If [Puerto Rico's] system were redesigned around microgrids incorporating local power production,» Holdmann said, «there would still be losses, but the number and duration of outages due to severe weather events would decrease.»

The bizarre power outage also cost Bovada, which had a 20.5 over-under on the number of times commentators would say «Harbaugh.»

A list of all emergency numbers and contacts should be in an obvious place in your home and a corded phone should always be accessible in case of a power outage or storm situation.

Cuomo, who's office has provided daily updates on the number of energy customers without power, said his office has received numerous complaints about continued outages.

There have been a number of large - scale subway disruptions this year, including a recent Con Edison power outage that caused a delays on 12 lines.

Doctors at the Kumbh would face power outages, an unreliable Internet connection and an overwhelming number of patients.

The increase in demand — up 58 % since 2009 — combined by antiquated infrastructure has resulted in an increasing number of brownouts and blackouts, such as the 2013 ice storm / power outage that resulted 27 deaths, loss of power to over a million residents and over $ 200 million in damages.

The Ausnet Outage Map has a popup note: due to the large number of outages power may not get restored til Monday morning.

By minimizing the number of times that the reactor powers down, operators maximize their reactor's online time and profitability even though it extends the refueling outage.

«In fact, bad weather remains the number one cause of power outages.»

Outages at operational nuclear power plants were generally lower this summer than in recent years, reflecting the retirement of several units along with a lower number of generators in refueling oOutages at operational nuclear power plants were generally lower this summer than in recent years, reflecting the retirement of several units along with a lower number of generators in refueling outagesoutages.

There is a staggering 8 million people without power, from South Carolina to Maine, beating hurricane Ike's outage numbers of 7.5 million.

No stretch to conclude that SELCO's simple design would be perfect for the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to keep on hand in large numbers for extended power outages: say in the even of a hurricane?

See the Hydro One Outage Summary Report for some current numbers; the Hydro - Québec website is oddly not giving a report of power failures.

A number of courts in New York and New Jersey are still closed due to power outages following hurricane Sandy.