An Eye on the Storm: Tracking Power Outages via the Internet of Things
October 4, 2019
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Grace Hopper Celebration 2019 [submitted]
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Summary
Assessing the extent of power outages in the wake of disasters is a crucial but daunting challenge. We developed a prototype to estimate and map the severity and location of power outages throughout an event by taking advantage of IoT as a non-traditional power-sensing network. We present results used by FEMA and other responders during multiple major hurricanes, such as Harvey, Irma, and Maria.