Disruptions
A disruption is an event that causes cascades of failure to sweep through a network.
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When the Power Goes Out, People Go Out
Yesterday at about 15:40 local time, San Diego lost power—along with many other parts of Southern California, Arizona, and Mexico. Our power was out …
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Picking the brain of a global resilience expert
Vinay Gupta has worked with global resilience, failed state solutions, resource scarcity and global system risks for many years, he’s the inventor of the …
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The #1 Reason Why the Power Grid Will Collapse
A few weeks ago, I was in South Florida for some meetings. After they ended, I walked along the beach one morning. The sky …
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Is a Terrorist Attack on the Power Grid Just Days Away?
Around 1:00 AM, a man slipped into an underground bunker off Route 101 outside of San Jose, CA… …using a pair of wire cutters, …
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This “Little Thing” Could Destroy our Way of Life in a Second – It’s Scary
A tree falls in Ohio… …and the Northeastern United States goes dark. The New York City skyline disappears that night. Subway trains grind to …
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Side By Side Drone Footage 6 Months On From One Of The Strongest Typhoons Ever
Six months on from Typhoon Haiyan, The Telegraph’s Lewis Whyld, who covered its immediate aftermath in Tacloban with an unmanned drone, returns to see …
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Families Evacuated After Urban Landslide Could Be Out Of Their Homes For 40 Days
No one was hurt in this landslide, but families who were forced to evacuate from their Charles Village homes in Baltimore after their street …
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57% Of Americans Are Completely Unprepared For This – I Hope You're Not One Of Them
The recent three-day severe tornado outbreak tragically claimed the lives of many dozens of people. Yet while many of us are aware of the …
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This Giant 3D Printer Built 10 Houses In Just 1 Day – Seeing It In Action Is Mesmerizing
Using a mixture of construction waste (a mixture of sand, concrete and glass fiber) and concrete for printing material, a single-story, one-room house can …
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The #1 Takeaway From A Catastrophic Disaster That Happened Exactly 28 Years Ago
On April 26 1986 a catastrophic nuclear accident occurred in the city of Chernobyl in Ukraine (then officially the Ukrainian SSR). Watch the chilling …
