03839nam 22006614a 450 991081396020332120230207224837.01-281-72297-997866117229750-300-13382-010.12987/9780300133820(CKB)1000000000472082(EBL)3419855(SSID)ssj0000165754(PQKBManifestationID)11177098(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165754(PQKBWorkID)10147197(PQKB)11376818(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157731(MiAaPQ)EBC3419855(DE-B1597)485213(OCoLC)1024005383(DE-B1597)9780300133820(Au-PeEL)EBL3419855(CaPaEBR)ebr10167904(OCoLC)923587813(EXLCZ)99100000000047208220010123d2001 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe grid and the village[electronic resource] losing electricity, finding community, surviving disaster /Stephen Doheny-FarinaNew Haven Yale University Pressc20011 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-300-08977-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --contents --preface trading tales --one. from accidents to disaster --two .origins of a grid, part 1 --three. the grid crumbles --four. origins of a grid, part 2 --five. the grid rebuilt --six. the grid and the village --afterword a disaster timeline --notes --indexIn January 1998 a massive ice storm descended on New York, New England, and eastern Canada. It crushed power grids from the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic, forcing thousands of people into public shelters and leaving millions of others in their homes without electricity. In this riveting book Stephen Doheny-Farina presents an insider's account of these events, describing the destruction of the electric network in his own village and the emergence of the face-to-face interactions that took its place. His stories examine the impact of electronic communications on community, illuminating the relationship between electronic and human connections and between networks and neighborhoods, and exploring why and how media portrayals of disasters can distort authentic experience. Doheny-Farina begins by discussing the disaster and tracing the origins of the storm. He then goes back two hundred years to tell how this particular electric grid was built, showing us the sacrifices people made to create the grids that (usually) connect us to one another. Today's power grid, says Doheny-Farina, has become more vulnerable than we realize, as demand begins to outstrip capacity in urban centers around the nation. His book reminds us what those grids mean-both positively and negatively-to our electronically saturated lives.Electric power distributionNew York (State)Cold weather conditionsElectric power failuresSocial aspectsNew York (State)Potsdam RegionCase studiesIce stormsNew York (State)Saint Lawrence CountyHistoryPotsdam Region (N.Y.)Social life and customs20th centuryElectric power distributionCold weather conditions.Electric power failuresSocial aspectsIce stormsHistory.363.34/92ZN 8500rvkDoheny-Farina Stephen1629434MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813960203321The grid and the village3967164UNINA