Thousands of line workers have come from around the Northeast and Canada to help restore power after Wednesday’s nor’easter. Hotels have filled up, and Joint Base Cape Cod has opened its doors to help feed and house workers, said Eversource CEO Joe Nolan.
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Growing up we heard about the chestnut tree in literature, heard it in Christmas songs, and some may remember, in places like New York City, street vendors selling roasted chestnuts. It was common to see chestnut trees in the wild and it was part of American life. They survived for 40 million years and died out within 40 years. In north-eastern America, there were three billion trees and 25 percent of the trees in the Appalachian Mountains were chestnut but the number of surviving trees 24” in diameter is now fewer than 100.
“The chestnut trees, once a dominant tree of the Eastern deciduous forest, had been decimated by a blight in the early 1900s. Their nuts were a valuable source of food for wildlife and humans, while the wood was highly prized with its rot-resistant quality as well as strength. It was used for railroad ties, telegraph poles, etc.,” said Walter Hussey, a master naturalist. “The American Chestnut Foundation (ACF) and the Virginia Department
We Are the Internet Society: Our Impact in 2020
If there were doubts about how important the Internet is for everyone, 2020 put those to rest. As we push forward through this turbulent time, I want to take a moment to share some inspiration.
The Internet Society’s 2020 Impact Report: The Internet Is a Lifeline is a storybook of ingenuity, collaboration, and what happens when people who care about bringing a better life to their families and neighbors come together. It tracks our work by actions and impacts, and shows major shifts in the way people use the Internet now.
Through these stories, we see a global community of people who work, often quietly and behind the scenes, to bring the Internet to those who don’t have it, and to make it stronger for those who do.
Safehub Raises $9 Million Series A to Make Every Building an IoT Device for Assessing Earthquake Damage Remotely
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The Company will use the capital to augment its growth and scale globally, based on demand from multinational organizations SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) April 27, 2021 San Francisco-based Safehub, which builds sensors and analytics software to deliver real-time, building-specific earthquake damage information, has raised $9 million of Series A financing led by A/O PropTech, Europe’s largest proptech VC, headquartered in London. Additional backers are Hannover Digital Investments (HDI Group) and JLL Spark, the strategic investment arm of commercial real estate services firm JLL. Existing investors Fusion Fund, Ubiquity Ventures, Promus Ventures, Bolt, Blackhorn Ventures, Maschmeyer Group Ventures, and Team Builder Ventures also contributed to the round.