Subscribe
Subscribe

Tag: the

The Night the Earth Shook
Official

The Night the Earth Shook

It was 5:58 p.m. on Christmas Day 2004 in Golden, Colorado, when the first seismic waves arrived from halfway around the world. A massive magnitude 9.1 earthquake that had just struck off the coast of Sumatra at 7:58 a.m. local time sent vibrations racing through the Earth's crust at several kilometers per second, eventually reaching the sensors that track global seismicity at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC). Inside the building nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the skeleton crew working the holiday shift noticed something dramatic. Their computer screens were lighting up with incoming data from
StormPrep
Official

What is the shoulder season in electricity markets?

Electricity consumption in the U.S. Lower 48 states is highly seasonal; the demand for electricity peaks in the summer and the winter in response to more extreme temperatures and decreases in the spring and fall, in the so-called shoulder seasons, when weather is generally milder. Electric utilities and owners of power-generating assets perform maintenance on power plants during shoulder seasons because of less electricity demand that means that the system generally doesn't need to be operating at full capacity.
StormPrep
Official

FEMA Continues the Debris Removal Mission on Maui

FEMA Continues the Debris Removal Mission on Maui YouTube Video Here: Lahaina Debris Removal: Clearing the Path for Recovery LAHAINA, Maui – Following the Maui wildfires on Aug. 8, 2023, debris removal cleanup has been one of the major challenges facing residents, business owners and government agencies during the recovery process.  The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) was mission assigned by FEMA to complete both residential and commercial debris clearing for this disaster.  By Aug. 2024 debris and ash was cleared from all 1,390 residential properties. Then in Sept. 2024 the properties were transferred back to the County of Maui once
StormPrep
Official

California law and refinery closure reflect ongoing challenges for the state’s fuel market

On October 14, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed bill Abx2-1 into law, empowering California regulators to set and adjust minimum petroleum product inventory levels for refiners in the state, in part to address the state's fuel price volatility. Shortly after, refiner Phillips 66 announced plans to close its Wilmington refinery in Los Angeles by the end of 2025, citing uncertainty surrounding the long-term sustainability of the refinery.
StormPrep
-|-

Don’t Bother Me with the Facts!

                       AKA…Confirmation Bias   An Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) hears their radio crackle. Maintenance Control wants them to evaluate damage to an aileron the crew of a departing aircraft detected. After reporting the extent of the damage to Maintenance Control they conclude the aileron damage is allowable, and the AMT defers it according to the company’s procedures. The aircraft departs on time. Later the AMT takes a second look at the structural repair manual, and learns the focus had only been on the allowable damage table. The team had not noticed the damage was, in fact, in a critical area that
StormPrep
-|-

“That Others May Live” The horrifying tale of an inadvertent encounter with IMC.

What kind of pilot flies a VFR equipped helicopter into IMC? Is it due to inexperience, lack of discipline, or lack of integrity? Well, who would even allow such kinds of pilots to fly expensive helicopters? It just does not happen. However, are there situations when operational pressure is high, the conditions are tight and changing, when a true professional is required to make an instant decision? A decision that perhaps later in the quiet of the office his peers judge to be less than the best? Hear directly from a highly experienced, highly professional pilot who was involved in
StormPrep