Case Study
City of Marietta Storm Induced Power Failure
Business Challenge On June 24, 2015, a wide area power failure was detected at multiple school beacons within the City of Marietta. Immediately a text message and email was sent to the Marietta traffic engineers alerting them about the multiple power failure. A large storm had just passed through city and caused a area wide power failure event. The Glance Weather Sensor confirmed that a large storm had occurred at the same time as the power failure event. This provided the traffic engineers with the knowledge that the power failure event was most likely due to the storm. The traffic engineers immediately notified the utility company of the power problems. The utility company dispatched a team to resolve the power issue. A tree had fallen down during the storm and had broken a powe