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The yin and yang of technological innovation is remote connectivity.  This is what makes appliances “smart,” but it’s also what allows bad actors to gain access through backdoors.  In fact, [...]

Columbia Gas President Steve Bryant made a crucial mistake during his press conference after the Columbia Gas explosions.  It’s important to take a hard look at his words, as several [...]

On Wednesday, 10/3/18, tens of millions of U.S. citizens received a text from the president as part of a test of FEMA’s Wireless Emergency Alert System (WEA).  The objective of the WEA is to send [...]

The Columbia Gas explosions that occurred in Massachusetts on September 13, 2018 were devastating.  It was a tragic natural gas emergency, killing one person, injuring 25, destroying dozens of [...]

We’ve all been hearing about the so-called digital utility for years, but up until this point it has been more fantasy than reality.  But now, the New York Power Authority (NYPA), which [...]

There has been a substantial increase in Pennsylvania outages since 2015, an alarming trend that has the state’s residents and government officials looking for answers.  In 2017, the state had 50 [...]

One of the more pressing issues in the emergency preparedness field – and for the utility industry as a whole – is the trend of declining institutional knowledge across the workforce.  The cold, [...]

Every few months it seems as though a new form of extreme weather comes to the forefront.  This time, it’s a fire tornado, but this is just the latest in a long line of strange weather [...]

Fascinating.  I’ve heard a lot in recent years about artificial intelligence, augmented reality, machine learning, and virtual reality, but the term augmented intelligence is a new one for [...]

Yes, you read that correctly – the Federal government is working on an initiative to incorporate asteroid threats into emergency plans.  From solar storms to space junk, it seems space has its [...]