Its infrastructure is crippled in critical areas like power and water.

关键的基础设施如水、电等都已千疮百孔。

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It takes power to gather water, purify water, and distribute water, especially in places like southern California where water is piped hundreds of miles to supply Los Angeles' sprawling demands.

收集水、净化水和分配水都需要能源消耗，特别在好像南加州那样有广阔需求的地方，需要通过几百公里管道运输水到洛杉矶。

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This, we now know, is what "well prepared" looks like: total loss of power at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor, which deprived the reactor core and spent-fuel pools of cooling water.

现在我们都知道，所谓“准备地最充分”就是这样：在福岛大一针核反应堆完全丧失电力供应，使核反应堆中心装置和核废料池冷却水中断供应。

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Just as a number of pieces of legislation addressing the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure like power and water systems are being introduced into the Congress, the New York Times reports that some lawmakers might be getting cold feet.

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Use the latest technologies like wind and solar for water and power.

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Five days without power and water felt like an eternity but we were very lucky to otherwise not sustain any real damage.

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