Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Florida recovers after huge power outage
3 million Florida residents lost power at 1 p.m. on Tuesday but go it back later that evening according to Florida Power and Light. However,there were still 20,000 people left without power. The power failure was said to be caused by a fire and equipment errors at a Miami power plant also because of the many storms. The mayor of Miami, Carlos Alvarez, said it was nothing criminal and that it was due to the weather conditions. The police and firefighters kept everything under control said one resident. The residents of Florida are more prepared for a power outage with backup generators and such. Luckly the loss of power only lasted hours but that is quite a lot of people without power. I think in some circumstances a power outage like that could be dangerous and I'm glad to see that the communities were able to remain calm and work together. I hope that in the future if anything like that happened to all of Florida and affected Jacksonville that we would be able to get it back as quickly and smoothly.
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That is alot of people who went without power for a long time. Your first thought always wants to get mad and blame the electric company for not paying their bills on time or hitting a wrong switch, but when you hear that it was caused by a fire and other weather conditions, your heart starts to soften up a little bit. It is good to hear that fellow residence helped one another throughout this power shortage. I can only hope that Jacksonville would do the same if something like that happened here.
Actually, we did have a situation similar to this a few years ago when the string of hurricanes came through Florida. Fortunately, our power was only out for 30 minutes, but my grandmother's was out for a week and a half. She purchased a generator after that.
Any person that is familiar with the subtropics should be well aware of the finicky nature of its weather; but, it's refreshing to see neighborly support rather than outright pandemonium.
I always feel Americans take for granted the power that our lives are filled with. Many countries practice rolling blackouts to conserve when energy is short. Many countries who have little utility infrastructure themselves have to pipe in power from their neighbors. Here we're just happy no pandamonium ensues when our power goes out for like half a day. In Iraq right now there are many places that get only a few hours of power a day, if at all, and we, who have a nationl news day about a several city blackout, are responsible for that.
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