October 22, 2008
Could We Have Been Better Prepared?
By Mark A. Taylor After the worst power outage in our community”s history, government and energy leaders are asking, “How could we have been better prepared?” When the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through the Ohio Valley September 14, at least 90 percent of the electric customers in the Greater Cincinnati area lost power””more than 1 million users. Similar stories were told in Louisville and Columbus and many places in-between. Even on the eighth day after the hurricane-strength winds toppled trees and power lines here, tens of thousands were still waiting for their power to be restored. All this happened
