At the very least, blackouts disable heating and air-conditioning systems, freezers, refrigerators, water pumps and lighting. |
The newscasters are forecasting rolling blackouts much like California endured. |
Rolling power blackouts and heating cut-offs are daily occurrences across vast swathes of Siberia, the far east and central Russia. |
Market manipulation by energy giants produced a power shortage that led to rolling blackouts and rising costs for consumers. |
American scientists, in a study, also found that predrinking can lead to blackouts and worse consequences. |
Since age seven, he has been experiencing blackouts at moments of high emotional stress. |