Power cuts
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:39 am
Oliver dowden who is someone in government has said people should be stocking up on batteries and buying torches and battery radios in case of power cuts. He also had concerns so much we do is on the internet now and of course no power no internet.
No internet is the worst problem really because it's not so many people rely on the internet for everything now it's that everything almost demands the internet. Pretty much can't do anything and if you try e.g. bank accounts they treat you like a lunatic criminal for even thinking might be possible. Even if people are willing to use the old ways the infrastructure isn't there to use any more.
Even a battery radio what's the point of it. Hardly any channels now on old type radio are there. I know from Manchester bomb in 1996 that local radio shows move to constant music only and no news in times of trouble. When we most need to know news there's always a media blackout to keep truth from us to stop panic. In 1996 though we still had copper phone lines and they are all being switched off so phones only work over internet. I hope Oliver dowden has that factored in to his new contingency plan. He drew short straw being in charge of that because will be like the pandemic plan with no hope to work in reality and he will be on select committee in a few years explaining why there wasn't a working plan for the impossible problem.
No internet is the worst problem really because it's not so many people rely on the internet for everything now it's that everything almost demands the internet. Pretty much can't do anything and if you try e.g. bank accounts they treat you like a lunatic criminal for even thinking might be possible. Even if people are willing to use the old ways the infrastructure isn't there to use any more.
Even a battery radio what's the point of it. Hardly any channels now on old type radio are there. I know from Manchester bomb in 1996 that local radio shows move to constant music only and no news in times of trouble. When we most need to know news there's always a media blackout to keep truth from us to stop panic. In 1996 though we still had copper phone lines and they are all being switched off so phones only work over internet. I hope Oliver dowden has that factored in to his new contingency plan. He drew short straw being in charge of that because will be like the pandemic plan with no hope to work in reality and he will be on select committee in a few years explaining why there wasn't a working plan for the impossible problem.