Climate Adaptation
New York Prepared for Another Sandy But Got Isaias Instead
- Blackouts linger, despite $3.5 billion spent on power grid
- Utilities focused on floods yet remain vulnerable to wind
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After Hurricane Sandy plunged much of the New York region into darkness in 2012, local electric utilities spent more than $3.5 billion to ensure it wouldn’t happen again.
And yet, one week after Isaias roared through, more than 40,000 New York-area customers remained without power. Over 1 million homes and businesses were still in the dark as late as five days after the storm. Why?