I am asking becasue i am in New york city and we are having a heat wave and with the heat wave a lot of blackouts across the city have been happening. I was wondering if it is only New York that gets blackouts when it gets real hot and if so y, y not the south too where it is always hot? I neva hear about blackouts in the south so i was wondering.
2006-08-03 10:49:18 · 5 answers · asked by lowkey616 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
I've lived in Texas for oiver 20 years and that's never happened here. Our power grids are built to supply enough power since it is so hot. The power grids in NY and CA aren't built to withstand everyone running their A/C 24/7.
2006-08-03 10:53:21 · answer #1 · answered by erin7 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in Texas and it got hot earlier than usual. So in April they had what they called rolling brownouts. There were blackouts in certain areas for 15 minutes at a time to help conserve energy so that we did not have to have blackouts. I also believe that cities have blackouts because they are not prepared for the increase in energy. Since it gets very hot in the south the energy companies (I assume) prepare for the increase in usage.
2006-08-03 10:59:04 · answer #2 · answered by sel1373 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from Baltimore, but have lived the last 7 or 8 years in Atlanta. Im back in Baltiore and noticed the blackouts too. But I have never had one in Atlanta.
2006-08-03 12:21:16 · answer #3 · answered by sdv2390 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in the south and have never experienced a black out from the heat.....I think sense its so hot down here all the time, we are more prepared for the heat.
2006-08-03 15:14:07 · answer #4 · answered by Led*Zep*Babe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have lived in Texas my whole life and never seen there before.
2006-08-03 11:41:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋