The broader lesson should be clear: when a natural hazard wreaks havoc on a power grid, there is a high potential for cascading impacts on dependent systems, such as banking and finance, government services, transport and communications, and drinking water. Moreover, as new drivers of risk emerge and interact, longstanding assumptions about disasters are being called into question.
更广的教训变得越发明显：一旦自然灾害破坏了电网，就非常有可能对依靠电力的系统产生巨大的冲击。例如，这些系统包括银行和金融业、政府服务、交通和通信以及饮用水资源。再者，随着新的危险隐患的出现和演变，对于灾难的长期假设就会成为问题焦点。在2010年，俄罗斯西部七月份经历了比长期平均温度高8度的天气，并且干旱少雨。这引发了一场涉及面积800，000公顷的野火，烧毁了耕地、森林以及泥炭地。