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• American Red Cross: Power Outage Checklist
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Sources

• "Blackouts." Ready America.
  http://www.ready.gov/america/beinformed/blackout.html
• Brain, Marshall. "How Power Grids Work." HowStuffWorks.
  http://www.howstuffworks.com/power.htm
• "Power Outage Checklist." American Red Cross.
  http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.86f46a12f382290517a8f210b80f78a0/?vgnextoid=4b0d6b9128c2b110VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default