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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

And some of the coal power plants were offline too, so anyone saying "good old reliable coal", well, it is not lol

Really looking forward to seeing more microgrid stuff maybe with batteries to stabilise the grid too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think we're going to see a lot more done on the demand management side, too.

As we get more electric cars on the grid, that's a ton of demand that you can just turn off for a while and nobody would notice or care.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Absolutely..

Actually, my friends power AND Gas is offline still at the moment.. Which goes to show that Electric really is the way forward regardless,

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So there is storm, thunderstorms, fires, burn ban, yes? But what are the icons at Traralgon and Vodonga(?)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They are just warning you about the existence of Taralgon and Vondonga

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I would have been faster on that joke the generator ran out of petrol last night and but power, mobile and internet only just came back

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Traralgon: building damage

Wodonga: Tree down

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Oh, that's supposed to be a tree!. I was wrecking my brains what this icon could be. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What app is that? The UI design looks really inconsistent. Also a lack of padding, rounded corners, and weirdly sized buttons.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the link. It's weird they don't just use material you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

The map they use is actually quite accurate. We had to send the boss to do an emergency delivery to a customer and their address wasn’t coming up in Apple Maps, Google Maps or even OSM. It was in VicEmergency though…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

NSW is looking pretty chill though, lets all move up there :D

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Apple weather app went from the permanent “Sheep Grazier Warning” to “Fire Weather”. Raining fire? Where have I moved to?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

You know how the song goes,

"Four horsemen in one day"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

State's more fucked now

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Like an hour ago it was 35⁰C and hailing. Our weather is fucked up

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Boy it sure is

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The whole world is fucked.

A few bushfires, hailstorms and flooding is fine. We’re getting off lightly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago