emergency therapy needed :o

[NickS]

UK has power, and only cause it's underground. That and, I'm not sure if your country experiences many natural disasters that cause widespread power loss?* Or am I way off on that. We have good communications. (Cht load of cell phone towers, fast internet speeds, HDTV , widespread VoIP, etc.)

*Tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, blizzards, extreme heat, extreme cold, etc. You guys seem to have a very mild, mellow climate.

 

[FragTek]

checked the news and seems several small problems made a big impact.

my hometown have 3 main powerlines, at any given time 2 of them can fail and the third one still provide power.

about 7-8 years ago the main power line that was in use failed and the power was rerouted to the 2 other powerlines so fast so most people didnt even notice it but the problem last night was one powerline failed.

one was out of commission due to relocation and a switch failed to disconnect the faulty line so a switch later down the line cut off completly to protect from a major shortcut so parts of the town was blacked out.

took about a half hour before the power got back over here, a friend of mine was "blacked out" for only 20mins but took up to 2 hours for all to have power again.

God ur lucky if that's the extent of power outages... 2 or so hours. I've been in spots where the power would go out for 24+ hours during ice storms and such.

 

[llwyd]

@ Nick, granted the uk doesnt have as many but we do have them occasionally, had two or three hurricanes that i can recall and several floods / snowstorms. even had parts of the uk fall into the sea lol

 

[Raven]

God ur lucky if that's the extent of power outages... 2 or so hours. I've been in spots where the power would go out for 24+ hours during ice storms and such.

remember winter around 1.7 years ago had a storm.

took 3 weeks for some people to get power back.

the power companys even went down to germany and brought up people to repair the lines quicker.

powerlines are mostly under ground but out on the countryside its mostly airlines as those are much cheaper to build.

but cant complain when looking at the big picture, the electricity is delivered at over 99.999%