Power Grid

The good news is the current heat wave baking Missouri will get give us a break by the weekend. The bad news is we're not there yet and there are reports that the power grid is being strained with at least one city utility reporting the possibility of outages.

Let's not panic, but you need to know that an incoming solar storm may cause power grid issues in both Missouri and Illinois according to a bulletin from NOAA's Space Weather experts.

It sounds like a science fiction movie plot, but it's not impossible. There are reports that the numerous incoming solar flares could damage or even wipe out Missouri's power grid and internet.

Paint me skeptical. A new report claims that Missouri and other states are 'running out of power' and that rolling blackouts are inevitable. I've done some digging into data and the idea isn't as crazy as you might think.

Don't believe everything you read. That is a strange way to start an article that I really do hope you'll read because it involves a very serious subject. Did you know there are major power outages that have just been forecast for states like Missouri in 2024, but I have so many questions.

Everything is holding together for now, but there are reports that the power grid in Missouri is being pushed to the extent of its capabilities during the recent historic heat wave.