Extreme weather events

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93 Declared Disasters in 2011 and It's Not Over Yet

PR Newswire,

Utilities throughout the US responded to an unprecedented 93 declared federal disasters in 2011, more than two and a half times FEMA's yearly average of 35. With millions of electric customers in the dark, utilities turn to Macrosoft's Resources on-Demand software to manage and expedite their restoration efforts.

Starting with California's flooding and mud flows, and a monster storm that affected a third of the US in January, the natural disasters continued on an upward trend: severe storms in the Midwest and East Coast from February through April, spring tornadoes and flooding throughout the South and Midwest, straight-line winds in Chicago during July, and a summer that ended with Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in the East. The fall did not fare much better with the Halloween snowstorm that paralyzed the Northeast. December started with devastating Santa Anna winds striking the West Coast.

"The term '100-year event' kind of lost its meaning this year," said W. Craig Fugate, the head of FEMA. Fortunately, utility companies have a tool, Resources on-Demand, to prepare them for the next big event. With winter storm season getting underway, Macrosoft presents Santa's Report to the North Pole Utility Commission

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