Power Outage

Zhang, Wangjian; Sheridan, Scott C.; Birkhead, Guthrie S.; Croft, Daniel; Brotzge, Jerald A.; Justino, John; Stuart, Neil; Du, Zhicheng; Romeiko, Xiaobo Xue; Ye, Bo; Dong, Guang‐Hui; Hao, Yuantao; Lin, Shao

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.555

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“…For example, in one outage definition, we required 0.1% of total county customers to be without power for 8+ hours, but the composition of the 0.1% without power could change during the outage. Spatiotemporal granularity is necessary for accurate outage exposure measurement, so future studies, particularly those interested in linking outages to individual health outcomes, should consider exposure at a sub-county geographic resolution such as the household or building level, perhaps using improved power utility data, internet-connected devices, or satellite imagery 42 – 46 . Finally, we identified county-days where severe weather and climate events co-occurred with outages, but due to data limitations, we could not causally link severe weather and climate events to outages.…”

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Spatiotemporal distribution of power outages with climate events and social vulnerability in the USA

McBrien

Flores

et al. 2023

Nat Commun

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Power outages threaten public health. While outages will likely increase with climate change, an aging electrical grid, and increased energy demand, little is known about their frequency and distribution within states. Here, we characterize 2018–2020 outages, finding an average of 520 million customer-hours total without power annually across 2447 US counties (73.7% of the US population). 17,484 8+ hour outages (a medically-relevant duration with potential health consequences) and 231,174 1+ hour outages took place, with greatest prevalence in Northeastern, Southern, and Appalachian counties. Arkansas, Louisiana, and Michigan counties experience a dual burden of frequent 8+ hour outages and high social vulnerability and prevalence of electricity-dependent durable medical equipment use. 62.1% of 8+ hour outages co-occur with extreme weather/climate events, particularly heavy precipitation, anomalous heat, and tropical cyclones. Results could support future large-scale epidemiology studies, inform equitable disaster preparedness and response, and prioritize geographic areas for resource allocation and interventions.

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Spatiotemporal distribution of power outages with climate events and social vulnerability in the USA

McBrien

Flores

et al. 2023

Nat Commun

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“…We chose to focus on first hospitalization only and did not include repeated hospitalizations, as this may be indicative of greater health issues that are not associated with power loss. We repeated this 30-day outcome with mortality and also included a 7-day mortality outcome because of previous literature showing the length of the effects of power loss to be around 1 week …”

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“…We repeated this 30-day outcome with mortality and also included a 7-day mortality outcome because of previous literature showing the length of the effects of power loss to be around 1 week. 20 There was a total of 67 273 NH residents in Florida on September 10, 2017. We excluded residents who were younger than 65 years 6271 [9.3%]), as they did not qualify for Medicare.…”

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Association of Power Outage With Mortality and Hospitalizations Among Florida Nursing Home Residents After Hurricane Irma

et al. 2021

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Key Points Question What is the association of a power outage after a hurricane with hospitalization and mortality among nursing home residents? Findings In this retrospective cohort study of 54 095 nursing home residents in Florida, more than half of residents experienced power loss when Hurricane Irma landed in 2017. Power loss was associated with an increased odds of mortality within 7 days and 30 days after the storm. Meaning The study results suggest that further research should assess the benefits and costs of policies that require nursing homes to have emergency alternate power sources.

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“…Infolge eines Stromausfalls muss damit gerechnet werden, dass es zu einer vermehrten Hospitalisierung, insbesondere von chronisch Kranken, kommt. Bei COPD-Erkrankten konnte nach einem Stromausfall sogar eine signifikant erhöhte Hospitalisierungsrate festgestellt werden [ 32 ]. Insbesondere im Nachgang zu einem derartigen Ereignis kann es zum vermehrten Aufsuchen von Notaufnahmen, aber auch zur erhöhten Auslastung bestimmter Funktionsbereiche, wie beispielsweise Dialysen kommen [ 21 ].…”

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Erkenntnisse aus 31 Stunden Stromausfall in Berlin Köpenick – medizinische Schwerpunkte und Herausforderungen

Breuer¹,

Brettschneider²,

Kleist³

et al. 2021

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ZusammenfassungAm 19.02.2019 kam es nach Durchtrennung eines 110-kV-Kabels zu einem großflächigen Stromausfall im Berliner Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick. Nachfolgend waren ca. 30.000 Haushalte ohne Strom; betroffen waren ca. 70.000 Menschen. Der Stromausfall dauerte mehr als 24 h an und stellte alle Beteiligten vor eine Vielzahl von Herausforderungen. Es wurde der Führungsstab (operativ-taktisch) einberufen, in dem auch medizinische Schwerpunkte fortlaufend identifiziert und reevaluiert werden mussten. Hierbei handelte es sich mitunter um die Identifikation von besonders gefährdeten Patienten wie beispielsweise heimbeatmeten Patienten oder Patienten mit Kunstherz. Weiterhin mussten einzelne Pflegeheime evakuiert werden. Im Verlauf war es notwendig, aufgrund des Ausfalls der Stromversorgung im Schadensgebiet, eine Intensivstation bzw. „Intermediate-care“-Station mit 23 Patienten zu evakuieren. Krankenhäuser müssen sich im Rahmen von Vorplanungen auf derartige Szenarien einstellen. Weiterhin müssen seitens der zuständigen Behörden Vorplanungen erfolgen, die die besonderen Bedürfnisse von vulnerablen Gruppen beinhalten.

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Power Outage

Cited by 23 publications

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Spatiotemporal distribution of power outages with climate events and social vulnerability in the USA

Spatiotemporal distribution of power outages with climate events and social vulnerability in the USA

Association of Power Outage With Mortality and Hospitalizations Among Florida Nursing Home Residents After Hurricane Irma

Erkenntnisse aus 31 Stunden Stromausfall in Berlin Köpenick – medizinische Schwerpunkte und Herausforderungen

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