Essay About San Jose And Public Services

Lights Out
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Alexandria Tyson
June 18, 2014
Lights Out
From 1991 to 2005 the rate of power outages has increased 124% and is still rising. Thou
San Jose doesnt experience black outs as often as East Coast or foreign countries we are still
susceptible to them because of the high possibility of earthquakes and other natural disasters. For
us living in the Silicon Valley, where we revolve around technology, it would be critical to
stores, businesses and people if we lost power.
For instance, businesses such as Safeway or Target have many items people need so, they
would be flooded with people to get essential things like water, ice, toiletries, and etc. Depending
on the readiness of the business it may not even be open due to shortages and other catastrophes.
Hospitals and other public services would likely be equipped with generators but those could
only last so long causing panic and a rush. Many small businesses would loose a lot of money
due to low demand for there products. Crime rate will likely increase due to the chaos of
the situation. Computer, radios, television, and phones will stop functioning, and modern
communication ceases for the most part. Which would make it complicated to communicate
public services and loved ones if needed. Overall this would push back the San Jose economy
and would likely call the need for assistance to make a economic recovery.
In conclusion, the city of San Jose needs to better ready itself if a long term black out
were to occur . Stores, business, and people need to be aware of the long lasting effects of a
power outage and get prepared. To do so the city must inform their citizens and have plans