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As renewable energy becomes more popular, many people wonder if the existing infrastructure is good enough to keep those power sources running smoothly during emergencies.

My wife is here with me in what we call the situation room where im able to broadcast on skype with battery backups. we have eight employees located in the two-story building above me and the 54 cats. we checked off a list hour and a half ago weve got all 54 cats and all 10 employees safe inside this fortress of a building. >> 54 cats. my goodness. those employees there with you, dave, were they given a choice? >> the employees here what happened, people in low-lying areas and flood zones should...

>> i have plenty of police officers and firefighters and they said we wouldnt mind staying in the house were in. it is a bunker. in fact, they all said if something gets cz s scar by we come that way. if i saw it was a cat five coming here directly at the point when it was off cuba, i would probably think twice and evacuate to miami immediately. >> okay. >> brian cone, we want to check in with you throughout the night if you still have power. be safe, okay? >> ill have my cell phone. we have bat...

Sea off the west coast of thailand and berma -- >> you dont continue to fly four or five hours off course where the transponder just happens to be turned off. it is not making any sense, is it if you put those pieces of the puzzle together. >> youre right, there has to be human involvement, even with the transponder, the failure, there are battery backups. secondly if the plane was in distress there are multiple systems for -- you could radio for help and electronically signal for help. there ar...

Of 6 united states. doug luzader following the breaking developments. when can you tell us? >> lets run through the evidence for this disturbing took place. someone shut off the equipment. theres military radar that indicates the plane may have taken a sharp turn to the left. finally theres the engine data that indicates the plane may have continues to ply for four or more hours perhaps toward the indian ocean. this scenario requires the belief that did something to cause it. >> there has to be ...

Sea off the west coast of thailand and berma -- >> you dont continue to fly four or five hours off course where the transponder just happens to be turned off. it is not making any sense, is it if you put those pieces of the puzzle together. >> youre right, there has to be human involvement, even with the transponder, the failure, there are battery backups. secondly if the plane was in distress there are multiple systems for -- you could radio for help and electronically signal for help. there ar...

Country. i think there is a probably a greater risk of the earth moving in california. >> the earthquake affected the plants but it was really the ensuing tsunami? >> that is a good point. there are backup systems. they have backup generators. they were working fine. the tsunami came and knocked those out and the battery backups went down. it was the one-two punch that caused this catastrophe. that is unlikely in the u.s. >> a couple of lawmakers, theyre kind of leary of these nuclear plants acr...

Retrofit this one. not just one thing went wrong, but many, many things went wrong for this to get to this point. first the earthquake stopped the reactors, they shut down automatically. the tsunami shut down 13 different generators that pump power to pump water out of this thing, all 13 of these failed because of the water coming over the top. then they had battery backup and they only had backup for eight hours. they shipped in new battery backups. but the pump was pumping sea water into the r...

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