Hurricane Power Outage Prep: Keep the Lights On When the Storm Hits
When a hurricane makes landfall, the power usually goes before the rain does. Downed lines, flooded substations, and snapped poles can leave entire regions dark—and in recent years, the outages have been getting dramatically worse. In 2024, U.S. electricity customers lost an average of 11 hours of power, nearly double the typical year, and hurricanes…