Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!border-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!eu1.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=IhCbCQKSgl0=NjBT]1LaAS32<@]>0[NkJ?RQ>_6f;I^:RkF@^7elT4MAO9Q\1BiH?:\6X`]::8UB; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: lights went out, no one knew what to do Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Date: 01 May 2025 22:00:10 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: <6813eeea$0$22$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1746136810 reader.netnews.com 22 127.0.0.1:60941 From the «funny not funny» department: Title: ‘No one knew what to do’: power cuts bring chaos, connection and revaluation of digital dependency Author: Rachel Obordo and Jem Bartholomew Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:15:58 +0000 Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/30/no-one-knew-what-to-do-power-cuts-bring-chaos-connection-and-revaluation-of-digital-dependency Podcast Download URL: https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/051f197c3fb441e32dfdd3c6a7327890c997d776/0_269_8120_4875/master/8120.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=dafc137b3ead66f623982ba2664f41e7 People share their experiences of Monday’s massive power outage across Spain, Portugal and parts of France that upended modern life “It felt like chaos,” said Iñigo, a doctor at a hospital in northern Spain. With no electricity from noon on Monday, the building’s emergency generators were kept for the critical areas, leaving staff without access to patient data, broken communications due to no telephone signal or email, and colleagues unable to carry out some of their duties, he said. Continue reading...[1] Links: [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/30/no-one-knew-what-to-do-power-cuts-bring-chaos-connection-and-revaluation-of-digital-dependency (link)