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RichardB posted an update 1 year, 4 months ago
Just had two days without power, courtesy of Storm Darragh. By yesterday afternoon the house was so cold we were wearing our outdoor coats indoors. The mobile network went down too, so what with the landline going digital we were completely isolated. The power finally came back on just before midnight, and the house is still warming up. The mobile network is still down.
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Afterthought: when ‘they’ were planning the change to digital landlines did they consider the possible consequences of running the system via broadband routers, dependant on the national grid, or did they simply not care? If I’d had a heart attack or something during those two days I would have died. We had no way of calling an ambulance.
I hope things are back to normal now, Richard. The lack of means of communication is frightening.
Yes thanks, we are okay now, though the boiler had to work non-stop for 48 hours to get the house back to normal temperature.
Our ‘local’ pub (about four miles away) were in the same fix. They had hundreds of people booked for Saturday night dinner and Sunday lunch, and the guvnor had to drive five miles to a supermarket car park to get a signal to cancel all the bookings. He reckons their loss of earnings is into six figures – and it’s a free house, so that’s a personal hit..
And some in this area are still without power. There’s always someone worse off than you.
Now I must go and try to mend the garden fence…