Patent ID: 8487765

Claim:
A power strip for automatically disconnecting and reconnecting a wired connection, the power strip comprising: one or more outlets each providing a wired connection to an electronic device; a receiver configured to receive weather alert data, wherein the received weather alert data includes a radio signal received from a National Weather Service Specific Area Message Encoding system including: an event type including one or more of a thunderstorm, a tornado, a hurricane, an earthquake, a flood, or a tidal wave; an alert type including one or more of an advisory, a watch, or a warning; a location including one or more global positioning system coordinates indicating an alert area; and an event duration; and a control module coupled to the one or more outlets and the receiver, the control module including a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores one or more routines that are executable by the processor, and the control module is configured to disconnect the wired connection based on the received weather alert data.