Emergency-Proof Your Life
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Florida may be well known for its sunshine, but its recent black out left millions without artificial light. A minor fire broke out in an electrical substation on the outskirts of Miami. A breaker the station down, just as it should have done. Unfortunately, it shut down a dozen other functional substations as well. Power demand soon overloaded the system, and three million Floridians suddenly found themselves without power. Many left work early, only to get hopelessly stuck in traffic, since many of Miami’s traffic lights were out as well.
Are we living in a sci-fi novel? One has to wonder when considering modern designs like the recently-designed gravity powered LED light shown to the right. As 
As you browse the wide selection of flashlights available here at Discount LED Lights and Knives, you may wonder why our flashlights offer so many colors. Well, color flashlights are more than just fun party accessories: they also come in extremely handy in various nighttime operations.
Sometimes, technology moves faster than the human mind can readily accept. I recently experienced this while chatting over drinks. One of my friends (who happens to be in medical school) was playing around with the candle at our table, covering it with her hand and noticing how the light changed. Only about halfway through the evening did she notice that she wasn’t feeling any heat. Usually, this kind of candle-play would have burned her hand. Not only was she not getting burned, she wasn’t feeling heat at all.
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