Episode 2: Have a Little Light
An electrician’s daughter, a power outage for the history books, and the electric grid made simple.
Listen Here 🎧
Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts Amazon Music or find it on your favorite platform here
Annie comes from a family of electricians, three generations deep. So, when the 2003 Northeast Blackout knocked out power for 50 million people, she started asking questions. She turned to her own personal expert on the matter, her dad.
This episode is the answer to how electricity actually gets to your home, why the power grid is basically the biggest machine humans have ever built, and what its age and vulnerabilities mean for us in an era of climate change.
It starts with knowing how it works, so we can be a little less at the mercy of it all.
Mentioned in this episode:
Come What Mayday Emergency Essentials - Downloadable Bundle
Joint U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force Report (April 2004)
Practical Engineering - YouTube channel by Grady Hillhouse. Check out his playlist about the Electrical Grid.
Tell me your six year-old self could have resisted sneaking pieces of this beautiful, colorful electrical tape if tempted day after day? If you can say that honestly, you're stronger than me.
Music courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
John Runefelt feat. Easton / You've Got It
DEX 1200 / The Lost Forest
Martin Gauffin / Permittivity
Hampus Naeselius / My Moon and Your Stars
Blue Steel / VOLTAGE
Rachel Sandy / The Art of Being
Come What Mayday was created for people who want to prepare for the effects of climate change and an uncertain world but don't know where to start.
Every resource is designed as if a friend were sitting next to you, walking you through an easy-to-follow plan.
If you want to get started today, download the Emergency Essentials bundle. It covers the basics of building a solid emergency plan for your home and includes clear, comprehensive checklists so you know you're covering all your bases.
Find Emergency Essentials Here —> Emergency Essentials
You can also join the waitlist for one of our live classes, held over four sessions on Zoom. It would be great to have you there.
Find Class Information Here —> Ready. Set. Ready. Class
