Power Archive

In the recent past, the battery was not a subject that was talked about all that much. Our vehicles had batteries, of course. And we used batteries for Read More

PG&E Cuts Power to 738,000 in Preemptive Strike to Prevent Wildfires

Pacific Gas & Electric officials kept their word to central and northern California residents last week. Not that many of those residents wanted them to. The utility intentionally Read More

Solar Power Is Growing By Leaps and Bounds

Scientists tell us our sun will shine for another 5 billion years or so. Then it will start expanding into a red giant that will engulf Mercury, Venus, Read More

Hawaii Residents Get Another False Alarm… But There’s Something Even Worse

Do you recall the news story from last year when many Hawaii residents received alerts on their phones and TVs? It read: “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Read More

Deadly Hurricane Dorian Crushes Bahamas, Lashes U.S. East Coast and Reaches Canada

It started as a tropical wave in the Central Atlantic Ocean on August 24. Four days later, it went from a tropical storm to a hurricane. By August Read More

11 Items That Sell Out Quickly in a Crisis

One of the things that makes lists and rankings so much fun is that no two are exactly alike. Sometimes they are very different. Other times there are Read More

Don’t forget to prep your vehicle for a crisis

Imagine this scenario for a moment. You’ve stockpiled survival food so that you and family members can eat during an extended emergency. You’ve stored water and have water Read More

Heat Wave, Storms, Tornadoes Cause Widespread Blackouts for Millions

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First it was a transformer fire that left more than 70,000 people without power in New York City. Then it was a heat wave that knocked out power Read More

Our 5″ solar panel goes to… Disneyland?