Winnipeg Free Press27d
Canada and the U.S. have shared electricity for more than a century. Is that at risk?
While our shared systems have made us susceptible to each other’s energy failures — 50 million people lost power when overgrown trees in Cleveland caused North America’s largest blackout ...
ExtremeTech8d
What Is Solar Maximum?
In August 2003, a few months before the Halloween storms, foliage on Canadian power lines caused what should have been a local blackout to ... a swathe across Quebec, Ontario, and fourteen US ...
thenarwhal27d
Canada and the U.S. have shared electricity for more than a century. Is that at risk?
While our shared systems have made us susceptible to each other’s energy failures — 50 million people lost power when overgrown trees in Cleveland caused North America’s largest blackout ever, in 2003 ...
Practical Engineering on MSN11d
What Really Happened During the 2003 Blackout?
This Beloved Southern City Was Named One Of The 'Most Welcoming' In The World Shakira Dedicates Grammy Win to Her ‘Immigrant ...
Newsweek3d
Nationwide Economic Blackout on February 28: List of Stores Being Targeted
The group pushing for the economic blackout is called The People's Union USA. If people do have to spend money, the group urges, focus on supporting small local businesses. "If we disrupt the ...
Columbus Dispatch3d
What is 'The 24-hour Economic Blackout?' What to know about Feb. 28 national no-spending day
A national no-spending day called "The 24-hour Economic Blackout" is gaining tractions on social media. Set to take place on Feb. 28, the boycott takes aim at major retailers like Amazon ...
Popular Science6d
Fighting monkeys cause nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka
On Sunday at around 11:00 local time (12:30 AM EST), a nationwide blackout forced its 22 million residents to either turn to personal generators, or endure the latest outage while temperatures ...
recordnet3d
Consumers are boycotting major retailers. Here’s what shoppers plan for Feb. 28 ‘blackout’
Numerous social media accounts are sharing the message of a 24-hour consumer spending blackout planned for Feb. 28. Consumers are encouraged not to spend money in stores or online for the day and ...
Global News5d
Election campaign splits between Washington, D.C. and Ontario amid controversial trip
3:04 Doug Ford heads to Washington, D.C. in Ontario election campaign Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford is ending the second week of the election campaign in Washington D.C. on a ...
The Straits Times6d
Sri Lankan monkey causes nationwide blackout
COLOMBO - An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general island-wide blackout on Feb 9, government officials said. The power outage, which began around 11.30am ...
USA Today3d
Consumers are boycotting major retailers. Here's what they plan for 'blackout' on Feb. 28
Numerous social media accounts are sharing the message of a 24-hour consumer spending blackout planned for Feb. 28. Consumers are encouraged not to spend money in stores or online for the day ...