Florida’s Power Grid Desperately Needs An Overhaul

Ben Franklin, one of the honorary founders of the electricity business, said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. With that in mind, consider power outages caused by hurricanes, a severe adverse weather phenomenon that appears to be both increasingly common and increasingly severe. Sort of a metaphor for the climate in general. Less than two weeks ago, due to hurricane Fiona, Puerto Rico suffered its second total power system collapse in five years. After the last major hurricane, Maria, the authorities promised to rebuild. Obviously…