The Power Is Out and Will Be Out Following Hurricane Laura

The reality is sinking in.

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • linkText
  • Email
People are not used to not having electrical power outages for a long period of time. There are bigger pieces of the transmission system that are totally destroyed. This is not the "tree over a power line" situation that just requires a bucket truck and crew to repair. Here's the situation:

Vast Grid Damage Will Mean Some Laura Victims Sweat in the Dark for Weeks.

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • linkText
  • Email
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.