Sentence examples for vulnerable power from inspiring English sources

In Princeton, they occur somewhere in the township after almost every thunderstorm or snowstorm, as branches snap from trees and take down vulnerable power lines.

He examines Japan's difficult and costly cleanup, the resulting pulse of public fears about radiation there (and elsewhere) and corporate and government decisions that resulted in the construction of such a vulnerable power plant complex in a tsunami zone.

It doesn't require any great leap of imagination to see how a major weather event or deliberate attack might shut down normal power supplies for weeks or months, and yet the defense posture of the world's sole superpower, including the military chain of command, depends in large part on vulnerable power sources.

Shifting to higher efficiency gas-fired plants would provide additional relief for the most vulnerable power plants, the authors found, as well as substituting air or seawater for the use of freshwater to cool facilities.

Military bases in Southern California have been particularly aggressive about developing renewable energy, especially after the blackout of 2011, which demonstrated the hazards of being dependent on a vulnerable power grid.

The control systems in Ukraine were surprisingly more secure than some in the U.S., since they were well-segmented from the control center business networks with robust firewalls (Wired, 3/3/16), emphasizing just how vulnerable power systems are globally.

Having already applied her insights to Eva Perón as a performer, Madonna now lavishes the full force of her empathy and historical sense on another strong-yet-vulnerable power behind the throne – in this, her second movie as director and co-writer.

Unconnected locks and classic alarms with no wireless capability might be vulnerable to power cuts or other physical attacks, and don't send alerts to homeowners' phones or let them lock their door from anywhere on the planet.

In addition to calling on the city to strengthen the technology that powers the system, to make it less vulnerable to power failures, the report calls for making the system "more effective, efficient, and centralized".

If this modem is fried, can I get an external modem for my laptop, or are there other options? A. Computers and modems are vulnerable to power surges caused by lightning storms, as well as other power fluctuations caused by brownouts and blackouts.

One worry is that too much supply will be withdrawn, leaving consumers vulnerable to power cuts.