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Where the heck y'all live where the power goes out so often?
I'm in the middle of the frozen tundra in Canada, we're powered entirely by renewable energy, we've got snow storms, blizzards, floods and some serious thunder storms and I can't even recall the last time we lost power for any noticeable amount of time. If anything having to reset the clock on the microwave is the only reason I'd know it went out. There's talk of moving to a smart grid system because ours is dated, so wtf are you people working with?
I do love me a good flashlight though, I've got a couple around the house just in case and one in my bag at all times.
Florida. You’ll be out at least a week or so every year. The summer sometimes can cause outages.
Looking back at the last two years, the causes of power outages lasting long enough to do something about were caused by drivers hitting and damaging power poles, the annual winter ice storm, severe thunderstorms sending trees down on the line, and those idiots who shot out the substation last year.
Power interruptions for a fraction of a second are a weekly to daily occurrence. Lights slightly dim and the stove forgets what time it is and that's about it.
I am also in Canada. Our province runs the power grid on coal and sold the utility to a private company that doesn't bother with the expense of upkeep on infrastructure. They built a sweet skating rink though.
Energy in Canada should be a crown corp. I'll fight you over that one!
Uh, I agree?
Damn straight you do!
Energy distribution in Canada should be a crown corp. I'll fight you over that one.
Likely Texas, they have a private grid(as far as I last checked) and are prone to rolling blackouts.