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1989 World Series Game Three Image via Flickr via David Shankbone The Loma Prieta earthquake caused significant damage to the San Francisco bay area in 1989, killing 57 people and injuring more than 4,000. Tens of thousands of baseball fans were filing into Candlestick Park as the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics were minutes […]
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Someone said that lightning never strikes the same place twice. That may be true, but for power outages not so much. The city of Detroit suffered its fourth power outage in five years on Dec. 2, 2014. According to news reports, the aging municipally owned and operated system suffered blackouts in 2010, 2011, 2013, and […]
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A lack of power can quickly sap the festive cheer from your holiday celebrations. Read on to discover how a generator can keep your spirits high all the way from Thanksgiving to New Year’s. Don’t Let Lights Overload Your Electrical Circuits Image via Flickr by Loozrboy Twinkling Christmas lights look lovely at this time of […]
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“Ghost towns may not stay dead with oil nearby, but when energy money leaves, warmer places are likelier to survive.” I recently read an interesting article that former ghost town Helena, Texas is back from the dead thanks to the shale boom. For anyone that visits these shale plays in Texas, and similarly in North […]
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The House of Representatives leadership decided not to decide, in the manner of true lame duck session. Rather than voting to extend the charter for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, which was set to expire on the last day of September, instead Congress, indicating little more than a soft commitment, extended the charter […]
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Impact of Weather Image via Flickr via Mike Mozart Seasonal weather, including tropical storms and hurricanes, can have a great influence on natural gas production. This supply side factor forces refineries to slow or shut down production during periods when weather events pose a threat to workers and facilities. Hurricane activity along the Gulf Coast […]
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Texas is a large state. Everything about Texas comes super sized, including the Eagle Ford Shale Play – it is the biggest single development project in the great state of Texas. My company, Worldwide Power Products (WPP), is in Houston. As its vice president, I follow the happenings at Eagle Ford carefully. One aspect of […]
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