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How a Sandy-Type Storm Could Short-Circuit Silicon Valley

November 6, 2012, 3:35 pm • Posted by Laird Harrison
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First the good news: The Bay Area has plans in place for a storm as big and bad as Sandy. Now the bad news: Planning is about as far as it goes. We haven't built new levees or seawalls, moved … Continue reading »

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Bay Area Residents Watch And Worry as Storm Swamps Eastern Cities

October 30, 2012, 11:57 am • Posted by Laird Harrison
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Bay Area residents are watching in worry as water rises and darkness descends on New York, New Jersey and many other parts of the Eastern Seaboard. As of Tuesday morning, 35 people had died, according to an Associated Press report, … Continue reading »

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80,000 in N. California Without Power After Storm

March 20, 2011, 1:49 pm • Posted by Dan Brekke
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PG&E says about 80,000 customers are without power from the Oregon border to Central California in the wake of a powerful Pacific storm Saturday night and Sunday morning. (Check the company's Electrical System Outage Map.) At 1 p.m. Sunday, That … Continue reading »

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