mushroom 13,919 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 (edited) Nation wide blackout. Probably a conspiracy to be had here Was a strange thing though. Felt like the start of a disaster film. I feel I must apologise…. I was changing a light bulb Edited April 28 by mushroom 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mel b 3,472 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 33 minutes ago, mushroom said: Nation wide blackout. Probably a conspiracy to be had here Was a strange thing though. Felt like the start of a disaster film. I feel I must apologise…. I was changing a light bulb Is the power back on now mush ?. I've just been reading about it . It looks like a bit of a biggie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,919 Posted April 28 Author Report Share Posted April 28 17 minutes ago, mel b said: Is the power back on now mush ?. I've just been reading about it . It looks like a bit of a biggie. It is and it was. Some phone companies haven’t restore service yet. I’m one of the lucky ones where I have full internet access etc but my mate (Vodafone) doesn’t. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotty12 3,599 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Quick spray the skys dim the sun that will solve the problems haha. What a classic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mC HULL 15,502 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 climate change lol you watch 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
white van man 3,478 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Set off from Porto this morning. At about 11AM our train stopped dead. No explanation of what was happening and about 45 mins later someone mentioned the power cut. We had to walk up the train tracks for a while before we could jump a wall onto an estate/industrial area. Managed to share an Uber with someone to the airport but so much disruption. No ATMs at the airport working and no card payments in the limited food shops that were open. We got on the plane only to be told we were having to wait for 5 hours. This rapidly changed and we were in the air within an hour. Interesting to see how peoples attitudes change when they can’t get on their phones or charge them. People pushing each other about to get to food even though they probably have eaten in the past 4 hours. Winging Brits at their finest because we took off an hour later then planned!! Could always be a lot worse. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRUEBRIT66 2,053 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 840 million people still live without electricity in the world but its estimated Western society would collapse within 3 days with a total grid failure. Does make you think how reliant we have become. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iworkwhippets 13,130 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 3 minutes ago, TRUEBRIT66 said: 840 million people still live without electricity in the world but its estimated Western society would collapse within 3 days with a total grid failure. Does make you think how reliant we have become. I'm.well prepared, I've got four candles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotty12 3,599 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Weird sure someone predicted months ago that this would happen mad conspiracies eh lol. that was just the warm up it ain't finished yet the uk will get a taste of what's to come aswell don't think we are escaping it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pardus 1,609 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 3 minutes ago, iworkwhippets said: I'm.well prepared, I've got four candles And plenty of rubber hoes..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRUEBRIT66 2,053 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 19 minutes ago, scotty12 said: Weird sure someone predicted months ago that this would happen mad conspiracies eh lol. that was just the warm up it ain't finished yet the uk will get a taste of what's to come aswell don't think we are escaping it I was amazed how little it was reported on MSM I have to be honest, a big chunk of Europe losing its power is a big thing I would have thought? I don't think we would get to 3 days in this country with a power grid failure without some sort of civil unrest. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wildman 611 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 17 hours ago, mushroom said: Nation wide blackout. Probably a conspiracy to be had here Was a strange thing though. Felt like the start of a disaster film. I feel I must apologise…. I was changing a light bulb What do ya expect from a third world country 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRUEBRIT66 2,053 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Electrical sub station gone up in flames in London, all very strange ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pardus 1,609 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 "It's....... Pork! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pardus 1,609 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Apparently they are blaming unusual winds causing oscillating power lines, right...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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