From TrendCentral: "Supermarket shelves on the East Coast were wiped clean of candles, flashlights and batteries, among other provisions, well before Hurricane Irene made landfall. Those who didn't beat the crowds could only hope they wouldn't be one of the millions to lose power. To alleviate worry over living in darkness, entrepreneur David Levine created the easy-to-install Mr. Beams Home Power Outage Lighting System. A plug-in power detector senses when electricity is lost, whereupon LED lights illuminate the house via a wireless signal. The system can support more than 30 lights placed up to 70 feet away for 40 hours—enough time to weather the storm before a utility crew arrives." See the full story here.
