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The 2011 Southwest blackout, also known as the Great Blackout of 2011, [ 1][ 2] was a widespread power outage that affected the San Diego–Tijuana area, southern Orange County, Imperial Valley, Mexicali Valley, Coachella Valley, and parts of Arizona. [ 3] It occurred on Thursday, September 8, 2011, beginning at about 3:38pm PDT, and was the ...
On December 4, a curfew was placed in effect for Moore County, from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. The nightly curfew was expected to remain in effect until the power was restored. A shelter was established at the Moore County Sports Complex, and Moore County schools were ordered closed from December 5 through December 8 as a result of the power outage.
On April 16, 2013, an attack was carried out on Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Metcalf transmission substation in Coyote, California, near the border of San Jose.The attack, in which gunmen fired on 17 electrical transformers, resulted in more than $15 million worth of equipment damage, but it had little impact on the station's electrical power supply.
Power Outages in San Luis Obispo County and California. This map shows current California power outages and is automatically updated every 15 minutes. It shows the total number of customers ...
As of 2:30 p.m. Friday, Entergy Texas is reporting 68,301 customers affected by outages. 1 p.m. As of 1 p.m. Friday, Centerpoint Energy is reporting 848,628 customers affected by outages.
The Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, also known as Plant Vogtle ( / ˈvoʊɡəl / ), [ 4] is a four-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia, in the southeastern United States. With a power capacity of 4,536 megawatts, it is the largest nuclear power plant (as of 2013), the largest source of low ...
A squirrel can disrupt a power system if its body becomes a current path between electrical lines such as those seen here. Electrical disruptions caused by squirrels are common and widespread, and can involve the disruption of power grids. It has been hypothesized that the threat to the internet, infrastructure and services posed by squirrels ...
Cyclonus has vast resources of power and can draw strength in direct proportion to his need. Cyclonus is equipped with nuclear-powered turbine engines which enable him to reach speeds greater than Mach 2. In robot mode, he carries an oxidating laser that fuses an enemy robot's internal mechanisms.