So I will be cold and sat in the dark? Sounds like my average weekend
They didn’t even say there would be black outs, they said there MIGHT be blackouts and is considered the worst-case scenario. This fear mongering from Sky News is out of order.
But the blackouts won’t effect my Wi-Fi right? cuz it’s wireless ?
“outlining unlikely scenarios”. Are we just meant to ignore this bit in the article?
Seems like an unnecessary take on the interview just to make a scaremongering headline.
What do people on ventilators at home do? What if you have CPAP machine, or need Dialysis at home?
How the fuck am I going to charge my wheelchair and stay warm?? Deeply concerning.
There MIGHT be in the UNLIKELY event gas supplies are restricted and that miniscule possibility coincided with extreme cold weather.
No shit… that’s the same every year.
Monkeys might fly outta my butt.
Unfortunately I’m well versed in blackouts already. We probably experience 3/4 power cuts every couple of months; sometimes lasting 6 hours or so. Part and parcel of being semi-rural I guess, excuse by Yak power networks is the underground cables are fucked.
Saying that, the other night there was a large explosion and the power went out again; turns out the transformer located about 500 yards from our house blew up.
Since it’s been replaced the lights have stayed on.
Yes, this is exactly why me and my wife both work 40hrs a week. FU!
Is this like that time when they said it was highly unlikely that Covid had reached this country and then, like a week later, they were teaching us how to make masks out of socks?
If there is such a thing, the UK has become a de-developed country. It feels like it’s now a developing country with all the economic and societal shit that is usually associated with that.
If you or someone you know is at risk
If memory serves they send out a box which has information and a chunky torch (free)Though obviously you can buy rechargeable ones as well.. I have a couple around the home and a rechargeable DAB radio in the drawer where the spare remotes live.And those power cells for charging your phone
Also get them to shove 105 on their mobile phone (ukpowernetworks number) unlike the actual energy companies UPN are actually helpful in an emergency
I know how older people can be with mobiles.. but honestly you can get a basic/senior friendly one pretty cheap, then you can get a sim deal for between £6 to £10 a month so come worse they have a way to call if the landlines offline
And I say this in spite of the article not because of it.. with cables being laid down for city fibre etc roads/pavements get dug up all the time and you should always have that contingency in place of the juice goes
So they’ve raised to price of energy, bosses getting big bonuses etc yet they can’t provide the service?
This country must be the largest-scale case of leopards ate my face that’s ever existed in the history of humankind.
I knew buying all those scented Christmas candles would pay off eventually.
It’s a worst case scenario and makes sense to prepare for it. It’d be stupid not to. If it means that people use less energy in anticipation then so be it. That will do some good in reducing our overall footprint.
This is a case in point of the media using a provoking headline to get clicks. There are many people who’ll read the headline and take that as the full story and run with it, spreading more misinformation and fear over something that may not even directly impact them.
We had a couple of power cuts last week (due to a fault, not supply issues). As soon as the power went every burglar alarm in the neighborhood went off, including ours and we have both an internal and external alarm. So 2023 could start with me being cold, dark, and deaf. Good times!
How on earth do you keep food frozen, its costly enough to buy food at the moment? Covid didn’t work for the rest of us so possibly starving us, freezing us to death or denying people use of ventilators or keeping medicines chilled will? I put up with power cuts during the 70’s because of strikes etc but in 2022 this is totally archaic and unacceptable.
RIP my tropical fish I guess.
What a shitshow. UK is feeling more dystopian with every passing day.
Unrelated reminder: take vitamin D – youre almost certainly deficient
What you should prepare for is a possible 3hr power cut, with 24hr notice, probably at most once over the winter and only if everything goes wrong.
Which… you should be prepared for already. Short power cuts happen and normally without notice.
So are we aware that preparing for blackouts is just a standard operating procedure?
The news doesn’t say that blackouts are going to happen, they say National Grid has a plan for if they are.
I bet we have a plan for a land invasion by North Korea too, doesn’t mean it’s going to happen.
The Winter of Discontent 2: Electric Boogaloo is coming. But this time? It’s about revenge.
I know Tory voters in Kent who used to still bang on about the 70s as a reason to never vote Labour (we’ll ignore the fact most of them were about 5 at the time) so I’m hoping this utter shitshow sparks the same defiance in most of the country against the Tories.
.. or, y’know, new smiling face and all the gullible morons go back to voting for them in about 4 years.
But Cosplay Thatcher said this will not happen.
The same Poundland Thatch who was given £500,000 by BP for her leadership campaign.
The same Thick Lizzie who used yo be employed by Shell Oil.
The same party that recirved £2 million in donations from fossil fuel companies since the election in 2019.
It’s ok, Liz Truss promised it would be ok. Just believe.
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So I will be cold and sat in the dark? Sounds like my average weekend
They didn’t even say there would be black outs, they said there MIGHT be blackouts and is considered the worst-case scenario. This fear mongering from Sky News is out of order.
But the blackouts won’t effect my Wi-Fi right? cuz it’s wireless ?
“outlining unlikely scenarios”. Are we just meant to ignore this bit in the article?
Seems like an unnecessary take on the interview just to make a scaremongering headline.
What do people on ventilators at home do? What if you have CPAP machine, or need Dialysis at home?
How the fuck am I going to charge my wheelchair and stay warm?? Deeply concerning.
There MIGHT be in the UNLIKELY event gas supplies are restricted and that miniscule possibility coincided with extreme cold weather.
No shit… that’s the same every year.
Monkeys might fly outta my butt.
Unfortunately I’m well versed in blackouts already. We probably experience 3/4 power cuts every couple of months; sometimes lasting 6 hours or so. Part and parcel of being semi-rural I guess, excuse by Yak power networks is the underground cables are fucked.
Saying that, the other night there was a large explosion and the power went out again; turns out the transformer located about 500 yards from our house blew up.
Since it’s been replaced the lights have stayed on.
Yes, this is exactly why me and my wife both work 40hrs a week. FU!
Is this like that time when they said it was highly unlikely that Covid had reached this country and then, like a week later, they were teaching us how to make masks out of socks?
If there is such a thing, the UK has become a de-developed country. It feels like it’s now a developing country with all the economic and societal shit that is usually associated with that.
[https://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/power-cut/priority-services](https://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/power-cut/priority-services)
If you or someone you know is at risk
If memory serves they send out a box which has information and a chunky torch (free)Though obviously you can buy rechargeable ones as well.. I have a couple around the home and a rechargeable DAB radio in the drawer where the spare remotes live.And those power cells for charging your phone
Also get them to shove 105 on their mobile phone (ukpowernetworks number) unlike the actual energy companies UPN are actually helpful in an emergency
I know how older people can be with mobiles.. but honestly you can get a basic/senior friendly one pretty cheap, then you can get a sim deal for between £6 to £10 a month so come worse they have a way to call if the landlines offline
And I say this in spite of the article not because of it.. with cables being laid down for city fibre etc roads/pavements get dug up all the time and you should always have that contingency in place of the juice goes
So they’ve raised to price of energy, bosses getting big bonuses etc yet they can’t provide the service?
This country must be the largest-scale case of leopards ate my face that’s ever existed in the history of humankind.
I knew buying all those scented Christmas candles would pay off eventually.
It’s a worst case scenario and makes sense to prepare for it. It’d be stupid not to. If it means that people use less energy in anticipation then so be it. That will do some good in reducing our overall footprint.
This is a case in point of the media using a provoking headline to get clicks. There are many people who’ll read the headline and take that as the full story and run with it, spreading more misinformation and fear over something that may not even directly impact them.
We had a couple of power cuts last week (due to a fault, not supply issues). As soon as the power went every burglar alarm in the neighborhood went off, including ours and we have both an internal and external alarm. So 2023 could start with me being cold, dark, and deaf. Good times!
How on earth do you keep food frozen, its costly enough to buy food at the moment? Covid didn’t work for the rest of us so possibly starving us, freezing us to death or denying people use of ventilators or keeping medicines chilled will? I put up with power cuts during the 70’s because of strikes etc but in 2022 this is totally archaic and unacceptable.
RIP my tropical fish I guess.
What a shitshow. UK is feeling more dystopian with every passing day.
Unrelated reminder: take vitamin D – youre almost certainly deficient
This is very misleading from Sky.
The actual National Grid plan is here: https://www.nationalgrideso.com/research-publications/winter-outlook
What you should prepare for is a possible 3hr power cut, with 24hr notice, probably at most once over the winter and only if everything goes wrong.
Which… you should be prepared for already. Short power cuts happen and normally without notice.
So are we aware that preparing for blackouts is just a standard operating procedure?
The news doesn’t say that blackouts are going to happen, they say National Grid has a plan for if they are.
I bet we have a plan for a land invasion by North Korea too, doesn’t mean it’s going to happen.
The Winter of Discontent 2: Electric Boogaloo is coming. But this time? It’s about revenge.
I know Tory voters in Kent who used to still bang on about the 70s as a reason to never vote Labour (we’ll ignore the fact most of them were about 5 at the time) so I’m hoping this utter shitshow sparks the same defiance in most of the country against the Tories.
.. or, y’know, new smiling face and all the gullible morons go back to voting for them in about 4 years.
But Cosplay Thatcher said this will not happen.
The same Poundland Thatch who was given £500,000 by BP for her leadership campaign.
The same Thick Lizzie who used yo be employed by Shell Oil.
The same party that recirved £2 million in donations from fossil fuel companies since the election in 2019.
It’s ok, Liz Truss promised it would be ok. Just believe.