Tips for Weathering Power Outages


PCWorld: Tips for Weathering Power Outages

As a central-California resident, I’m accustomed to a couple of flavors of weather–mild and not-as-intensely-mild-as-it-was-last-week. Yet this week we’ve been getting hammered with real, honest-to-god weather–hail, buckets of rain, high winds, thunder, lightning, and the occasional flurry of toads. And, because our power lines remain above ground–as the early decades of the 20th century intended–the power went phut and I spent much of the day in the dark.

But I was prepared. And you can be too with these few tips for what to do before and during those dark hours.

Small Business Computing Staff
Small Business Computing Staff
Small Business Computing addresses the technology needs of small businesses, which are defined as businesses with fewer than 500 employees and/or less than $7 million in annual sales.

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