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Public Health Issues Related to Summertime Blackouts

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  • Corporate Authors:
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
  • Description:
    Personal preparation for blackouts is similar to preparation for natural disasters. We recommend that people develop an emergency plan that includes a disaster supply kit. This kit should include enough water, food, and emergency supplies for at least 3 days. Details on emergency plans and supply kits can be found at www.ready.gov.

    Heat is the major public health problem related to blackouts for two reasons:

    • Extreme heat causes most summertime blackouts

    • In a blackout, the main public health intervention for heat-related illness (air conditioning) is unavailable – this represents “a disaster within a disaster”

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  • Series:
    Safety in a Power Outage
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    Text
  • Genre:
    Fact Sheet
  • Pages in Document:
    2 numbered pages
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    urn:sha-512:e96edbc4ded26eb629d7161e76e9401cb23b38d070b5103786a75ea8ce09599f60f28c66b7fec2c9d5b163913fbff593fe3ce9163419e51834d454bf77519441
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