Clark Griswold loves his Christmas lights in the movie, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. The humorous collection of extension cords layered into each other in a single garage socket, while funny in the movie, in real life, presents safety concerns for your family and home.
Blackouts are nothing new but an increase in seasonal storms are causing an increase in power outages that can leave families seeking alternative shelter as the temperature drops in their home. 2011 was one of our country's worst years for grid-disabling natural disasters. Power interruptions longer thank 24 hours affected 21 million customers and winds from storms will continue to be a threat to the power grid as we see more high damaging storms year after year.