{"id":88510,"date":"2024-10-21T05:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88510"},"modified":"2024-10-21T06:11:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T11:11:47","slug":"things-on-your-bingo-card-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88510","title":{"rendered":"Things On Your Bingo Card For 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why, yes &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/technology\/helene-and-milton-reveal-an-emerging-challenge-for-first-responders-ev-batteries-catching-fire\/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us\">this<\/a> was on mine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When a hurricane like Helene or Milton ravages coastal communities, already-strained first responders face a novel, and growing, threat: the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles, e-bikes, and countless gadgets. When exposed to the salty water of a&nbsp;storm surge, they are at risk of bursting into flames \u2014 and taking an entire house with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnything that\u2019s lithium-ion and exposed to salt water can have an issue,\u201d said Bill Morelli, the fire chief in Seminole, Florida, and the bigger the battery, the greater the threat. That\u2019s what makes EVs especially hazardous. \u201c[The problem] has expanded as they continue to be more and more popular&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;\u201cThey burn hot, they burn fast, and they\u2019re hard to extinguish,\u201d Morelli said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait until someone does a comparative study about how EVs and gas cars compare when stranded in blizzards. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why, yes &#8211; this was on mine! Can&#8217;t wait until someone does a comparative study about how EVs and gas cars compare when stranded in blizzards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88550,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88510\/revisions\/88550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}