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Our Views: Hardening the electric grid is like remodeling a house. Can we afford it now?

Por: The Advocate Opinion October 18, 2022

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There were a lot of similarities between Ida and Ian, the marquee storms of the 2021 and 2022 hurricane seasons.Each was the ninth storm of its season. Each was nourished by the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and registered as a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Each tore up the electrical grid at landfall, leaving millions of homes in the dark.But there was a meaningful difference between Ida, which assaulted Louisiana last year, and... + full article



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