'Spare Time' Project Yields Power Outage Tracking Map

摘要

PowerOutage.us is a live, online map of power outages by county. It recently provided blow-by-blow visual commentary on the fight between nature and electric utilities during Hurricane Florence's trek through the Carolinas in September, attracting 12 million views. County by county, the color-coded maps of North and South Carolina changed from 100%-service blue to warmer hues representing percentages of outage to dark red, in many places, indicating a total loss of power. Then, as utility crews went to work, the map showed the trend reversing back to blue.