Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) This June, we received a letter from a reader asking why it seemed like there are fewer summer blackouts, especially in the western US, than there used to be. This resonated with me. When I was a kid growing up in Southern California, summer always seemed to bring with it a couple of electrical blackouts.
Scorching Heat, Rolling Blackouts: The West Is Changing How It Does Summer
Megan Geuss, Ars Technica
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