BOSTON (CBS) – Nearly 50,000 homes and businesses lost electricity overnight as wind gusts topped 50 miles per hour in several towns across Massachusetts. Check: Power Outage Map READ MORE: 'It Can Work,' Summer Camps Will Be Open, But They'll Look A Lot Different Peak wind gusts hit 62 mph in Worcester and in nearby Westborough a gust around 50 mph brought a large tree down onto a house and garage on Birch Road. A tree fell onto this house on Birch Road in Westborough, March 1, 2021. (WBZ-TV) In Roxbury, a giant piece of scaffolding was blown off a building on Alphonsus Street, scattering debris into a backyard and pool. What’s left of it was being held up by a tree. READ MORE: Coronavirus In Massachusetts: Today's Developments “We have approximately 200-to-250 foot by 7 stories tall scaffolding that was dislodged because of the wind, collapsed and it’s leaning up against this building,” Boston Fire District Chief Pat Nichols told reporters. “It’s very fortunate nobody was hurt. It could have been a lot worse if there was anybody around, including construction people that might have been working in and around that building.” A giant piece of scaffolding was blown off a building on Alphonsus Street in Roxbury. (WBZ-TV) In Salem, Deputy Fire Chief John Payne said the wind was “ the factor ” in a fire overnight at a multi-family home off Broadway. The bitter cold was also an issue for firefighters, but no one was hurt. MORE NEWS: Mitt Romney Taken To Hospital For 'A Lot Of Stitches' After Fall In Boston The winds are expected to slow down Tuesday night and Wednesday will be calmer and warmer. ...
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Chuck DeVore: Texas’ blackouts – here’s the truth about why they happened and what we have to do next
close Video Green New Deal would create ‘more events’ like Texas power outage: Rick Perry Rick Perry, former Energy Secretary and former Texas governor, discusses the potential impacts of progressive energy policies on ‘America Reports.’ As Texas entered a deep freeze on Feb. 14, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio broke seven record lows over three days. Ice-laden trees snapped power lines. Wind turbines ground to a halt while some reliable natural gas, coal and nuclear plants failed to get energy to the grid. Electricity demand hit an all-time high – but the supply wasn’t available, plunging some four million Texans into the cold and darkness. As massive gas-powered turbines spun down across Texas and the lights went out, an aggressive narrative spun up: the electric grid failed in Texas, not because wind and solar failed, but due to a lack of regulatory power to force the electric industry – from natural gas producers to pipeline operators to power generators, and lastly, the transmission line firms – to winterize. It was a failure of Texas’ unregulated free market. And further, this extreme weather event was a harbinger of more to come due to climate change, necessitating even more wind and solar power. This narrative, pushed out by the renewable industry and environmentalists, found a sympathetic mouthpiece in corporate media . RICK PERRY: TEXAS' WEATHER CRISIS – HERE'S HOW STATES, NATIONS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE UNEXPECTED The narrative is wrong. There are three electric grids in the continental U.S with Texas having its own grid providing power to about 90% of Texans. This electrical independence allows Texans to escape a certain amount of federal meddling in its electric affairs – though it also makes Texans largely responsible for their own problems. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR OPINION NEWSLETTER Addressing those problems, the Texas Legislature held marathon hearings a week after the ...
Hutchinson gets 6th shutout, Maple Leafs beat Oilers 3-0
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for March 1 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Michael Hutchinson stopped 31 shots for his sixth career shutout, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Monday night. Morgan Rielly and William Nylander each had a goal and an assist, and Zach Hyman also scored for Toronto. The Maple Leafs blanked Edmonton for the second straight game, following a 4-0 win Saturday. Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe credited his entire roster for stepping up while playing without star center Auston Matthews and starting goalie Frederik Andersen, both out with injuries. "That’s been really healthy for us to see," Keefe said. "Obviously we want to get our people back here, obviously we’re a stronger group when we’re healthy. But it’s a very good sign that you can still get a win, especially here on the road against a very good team." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Mikko Koskinen started in goal for the Oilers and allowed three goals on 10 shots before being replaced by Mike Smith to start the second period. Smith had 13 saves in relief. "We’re in a little rut," Edmonton coach Dave Tippett said. "Teams get in a little bit of a rut. It seems like nothing you’re shooting’s going in the net. You know, point shots, deflections, you can usually find one or two of those in a few games. But they’re not going in for us right now." The teams meet again Wednesday night in Edmonton to finish a three-game series. When the Leafs had breakdowns, Hutchinson was there to bail them out. "It just felt like one of those nights, the way he was moving in the net and the saves he was making, it at least gave me on the bench the confidence that they were going to have to do a lot to score one tonight," Keefe said. "He was terrific. It was fun to watch him out there." Hutchinson was on the bench Saturday ...
COVID-19 vaccine: Countries call on drug companies to share know-how
PARIS — In an industrial neighborhood on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s largest city lies a factory with gleaming new equipment imported from Germany, its immaculate hallways lined with hermetically sealed rooms. It is operating at just a quarter of its capacity. It is one of three factories that The Associated Press found on three continents whose owners say they could start producing hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccines on short notice if only they had the blueprints and technical know-how. But that knowledge belongs to the large pharmaceutical companies who produce the first three vaccines authorized by countries including Britain, the European Union and the U.S. — Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca. The factories are all still awaiting responses. Across Africa and Southeast Asia, governments and aid groups, as well as the World Health Organization, are calling on pharmaceutical companies to share their patent information more broadly to meet a yawning global shortfall in a pandemic that already has claimed over 2.5 million lives. Pharmaceutical companies that took taxpayer money from the U.S. or Europe to develop inoculations at unprecedented speed say they are negotiating contracts and exclusive licensing deals with producers on a case-by-case basis because they need to protect their intellectual property and ensure safety. Critics say this piecemeal approach is just too slow at a time of urgent need to stop the virus before it mutates into even deadlier forms. WHO called for vaccine manufacturers to share their know-how to “dramatically increase the global supply.” “If that can be done, then immediately overnight every continent will have dozens of companies who would be able to produce these vaccines,” said Abdul Muktadir, whose Incepta plant in Bangladesh already makes vaccines against hepatitis, flu, meningitis, rabies, tetanus and measles. All over the world, the supply of coronavirus vaccines is falling far short of demand, and the limited ...
