Utility companies aren't preparing for the right kind of disasters

Extended power cuts after hurricanes or ice storms don’t have to be inevitable, utilities just need to think about resilience a little differently. A busy 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is in full swing. The year’s 18th-named storm, Sam, has become a hurricane. Meanwhile, some residents in the parts of Louisiana hit hardest by Hurricane Ida in late August are still waiting for their power to be restored. And thousands of Texas residents endured multiday outages after Hurricane Nicholas in mi...