'The $2.18 billion roll-out of Victoria's electricity smart meters will go ahead because too much money has been spent to pull back.
About 950,000 meters have been installed - almost half of all households and small businesses across the state. The Herald Sun has learned a final review recommends the roll-out continue, despite cost blowouts, and that consumers will win from potential benefits.'
Showing posts with label emergencies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emergencies. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
65 Million Gear Up For Irene
'With Hurricane Irene now much larger than Hurricane Katrina, 65 million people are expected to be impacted by the storm and several states have moved to declare a state of emergency.
Local, State and Federal officials are not taking the threat lightly either and have implemented a system of evacuations that include shut down mass transportation and major highways well in advance of the storm landing on the shores of the Mid-Atlantic states. The strategy has been called forced evacuations, even by CNN and it may be for the best.
Hurricane warnings have now been issued for NYC, Long Island and northward up to Massachusetts. The new warnings are also accompanied by an increase in the storm surge heights forecast which are now predicted to reach as high as 8 feet from the Chesapeake Bay all the way to Nantucket, MA. New York City has issued mandatory evacuations for the first time in history. The Jersey Shore has followed suit and evacuations in both areas are based on models of flooding predicted by the storm surge.'
“This is probably the largest number of people that have been threatened by a single hurricane in the United States,” said Jay Baker, a geography professor at Florida State University.
Local, State and Federal officials are not taking the threat lightly either and have implemented a system of evacuations that include shut down mass transportation and major highways well in advance of the storm landing on the shores of the Mid-Atlantic states. The strategy has been called forced evacuations, even by CNN and it may be for the best.
Hurricane warnings have now been issued for NYC, Long Island and northward up to Massachusetts. The new warnings are also accompanied by an increase in the storm surge heights forecast which are now predicted to reach as high as 8 feet from the Chesapeake Bay all the way to Nantucket, MA. New York City has issued mandatory evacuations for the first time in history. The Jersey Shore has followed suit and evacuations in both areas are based on models of flooding predicted by the storm surge.'
“This is probably the largest number of people that have been threatened by a single hurricane in the United States,” said Jay Baker, a geography professor at Florida State University.
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