#blackouts

Zed: I got this one fellas! So Eldred gets out and this place floods in dark magic. We get locked out of the panel and can’t control cuss all! Memories are corrupted and we are scramblin’ ta catch the cusser.

Armstead: He completely overrides the system every time. Like it’s child’s play.

Gilead: Meanwhile we’re watchin’ some broken up images of what Eldred is makin’ us do. Oh stars. Nope. Not thinkin’ about it.

Red: We’ve killed people before wimp.

Gilead: Not like that and you know it!

Red: Mmhph.

Zed: Anyway! It takes all of us and only when we get a cussin’ chance to wrangle control back. Cusser can just keep goin’ even with all of us fightin’ him. Damn magic.

Armstead: Usually it’s overwhelmin’ and Cup passes out for a time. Short, long, it’s never consistent.

Zed: And we wrangle the damn scum back into his cage.

Jared: Usually he’s cacklin’ and braggin’ and such.

Gilead: And I pick up whatever pieces are left and add them to my mountain of cuss why are we even tryin’?

Armstead: And we try to piece together what happened and manage the fallout. Sometimes it’s alright and Mugs would Abel to keep him busy and give us our chance.

Gilead: And sometimes it’s bad and we have to skip town.

i check my messages. they contain:

Warning signs are already flashing red. This summer, heat waves surged demand for power on the PJM grid to “near-record highs” as consumers tried to cool their homes, according to the Journal. PJM responded by requesting that all power plants operate at full capacity. PJM also paid multiple large energy users, including factories, to cease operations.

While historically rare, rolling blackouts can be deadly. Over 200 people died in Texas in the winter of 2021 after the grid operator in the state ordered utilities to institute rolling blackouts to prevent complete grid failure amid freezing temperatures. Some Texans were without power for days.

A few months ago, PJM came up with proposals intended to balance the needs of both consumers and data centers. One plan said they would slash power to data centers during periods of strain.