Over 5 million still without power after Irene -DOE
About 18 percent of customers that had been affected by peak power outages following Hurricane Irene got power back on by Monday afternoon, the department's data shows . The DOE said 5.1 million customers remained without power in 14 US East Coast …
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NOAA Targets Hurricanes With Computer Power
At full load, the thermal storage will provide about 10 minutes of cooling in the event of a power outage to allow time to restart the chillers. Smith said the growth of the NOAA supercomputing program is part of a larger effort to offer more granular …
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Hurricane Irene: Widespread Power Outages Reported in Tri-boro
Power outages continue to be reported throughout the tri-boro, though some have been resolved. Butler police Lt. Mike Moeller said some residents will continue to have outages throughout the night. "I think there will be for at least a day or so," he …
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