Re: Grand Apagon - Electricity (not) in Spain

On Mon, 5 May 2025 17:35:38 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> wrote:
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[...]

A few days without
power won't kill many people.

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It will in the UK if all the 'phones need mains power (either at the
subscribers' premises or at the masts).  Nobody will be able to call out
the emergency services.  How many deaths per day will that be if  nobody
can contact the police, fire brigade or ambulance service?

I know people who will die if their phones go offline for a full day.