Electricity is essential for operating lights, appliances, and important home systems, like the air conditioner and furnace, as well as charging personal devices, like a tablet or smartphone. So ...
After a natural disaster, many people search for ways to make life feel a little more normal, such as lighting candles at night or using a generator for power. While these things can be useful, it’s ...
When the lights go out, you probably have a mental picture of a “safe spot” for your portable generator: tucked just outside ...
Most of Indiana is targeted for some possibly brutal winter weather over the next few days. Possible freezing rain, followed by heavy snow and winds, makes power outages likely across the state. If ...
Bay Area faces Cold and Coastal Flood Advisories, with warnings against indoor generator use due to carbon monoxide risk.
Every major storm season, the same pattern repeats: the power fails, the portable generators come out, and carbon monoxide ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Five people were taken to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday afternoon, Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) reported. Fire officials said the poisoning was caused by use of ...