At the beginning of September, Pittsburgh was hit by what’s categorized as a “1-in-100-year storm.” We also experienced a derecho in April of last year that took the lives of three people and was declared a disaster emergency. Climate change has upended the odds, and we can’t bet on the interval between what should be once-in-a-lifetime weather events.
This year, 60,000 lost power. For most, it only lasted for a few hours. For some, the blackout lingered for a few days. The one last April was worse, and so were the consequences. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power for as long as a week.
“It was certainly a milestone for our company, and not a good one,” said Matt Neistein, Duquesne Light Company’s director of communications and brand…