power outage

How To Use power outage In A Sentence

• Ms. Miller's imprisonment for civil contempt of court was less a perfect storm — to use one of the press 'hoarier clichés to characterize a grim convergence of unpleasant events — as it was a brownout, a distressing midsummer sign that a full power outage is on its way. The Great D.C. Plame-Out, Or: Novak, Lord of the Journo-Flies
• In the event of a power outage, the inverter is no longer able to detect the grid and will not produce power.
• If a power outage hit on a much larger scale, it could shut down the electronic networks that keep governments and militaries running.
• After dinner we went to the library in case we still had no power (when you live in the country the absolute pitch black of a nighttime power outage is a little disconcerting with small, squirrely, active children) and then came home to lights and Cheerio Chocolate Chip Cookies. Lights Out! The Best Laid Plans Of Mice And Men…Cheerio Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Providing phone service during a power outage is another technical problem.
• And a big problem that many Hurricane Irene victims are finding out is that their insurance doesn't cover damage after sump pumps stop working thanks to a power outage.
• Power management software can orchestrate the graceful shutdown of critical systems when power outages extend beyond the limits of backup systems.
• So let's hope there are no power outages in that area any time soon.
• AP A man tries to syphon gas from a car during a power outage Thursday, Sept. 8, in San Diego. Southwest Returns From Darkness
• There is a shortage of water, and there are frequent electric power outages in the larger cities.