Model predicts power outages from Sandy
By ANDREA MICHALOWSKY | November 8, 2012Hopkins Assistant Professor Seth Guikema and a geographer at Texas A&M University led a team that predicted the power outages that Sandy caused within 15 percent. Their model, based on weather predictions, real-time data and data from 11 previous hurricanes, could help companies and emergency-response teams better prepare for hurricanes in the future.