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> I can honestly say that I don't think we can fathom what would happen during a multi-week or month power outage. Pretty much anyone living in a rural or semi
by dsfyu404ed 8y ago
> I can honestly say that I don't think we can fathom what would happen during a multi-week or month power outage.
Pretty much anyone living in a rural or semi-rural area where freezing rain sometimes happens in the winter or hurricanes sometimes happen in the fall has experience with a week or longer power outage. It wouldn't be "business as usual" but a lot of people would be fine. The intersection between those people and people posting on HN just happens to be low.
- int_19h 8y agoA week-long outage is annoying. A month-long outage would be disastrous, even for those areas. There are many things you can do without power, but e.g. drugs require refrigeration, and we have people whose life depends on drugs (think insulin, for starters). But also, urban areas would be harder hit precisely because they rely on their infrastructure more. And those areas are also the ones with more people.