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Power outages are pretty common at least where I have lived in America. It's not uncommon to lose power for 20-30 minutes and sometimes up to a few hours. Outag

by hhh 2y ago

Power outages are pretty common at least where I have lived in America. It's not uncommon to lose power for 20-30 minutes and sometimes up to a few hours. Outages with storms are extremely common. More rare act-of-god scenarios like the 2009 ice storm[1] left my family without power for 2 weeks. I'm sure there was some action taken, but I continued to lose power at that house at least 2-3 times a month easily. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2009_North_American_ice_storm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2009_North_American_ic...

ossobuco 2y ago
In Italy I think I had a single power outage in the last 10 years and it was planned ahead of time for maintenance work.
- WrongAssumption 2y ago
  That's cool that you haven't been affected, but they happen frequently in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20230719/blackouts-hit-italian-cities-as-heatwave-drives-energy-use https://www.thelocal.it/20230719/blackouts-hit-italian-citie...
  - Symbiote 2y ago
    I posted it already in this discussion, but [1] shows a power outage once a year or more is typical in Italy. People in France, South Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom can go 5 or more years between power outages. [1] https://reports.electricinsights.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/191202_Drax_Q3_Report.pdf https://reports.electricinsights.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/20...
  - ossobuco 2y ago
    The article you posted reports about "hundreds of people in the dark for hours on end". That makes the news, compared to hundreds of thousands of customers in the dark in the US not making any sensation.
alsoforgotmypwd 2y ago
Compared to other countries, America has normalized a different level of deviancy. Perhaps 5 things are worse in America while 3 things are better when making a single country comparison. It's important to understand the tolerance and need for service varies. For example, single family homes without fireplaces and firewood storage areas and also lacking natural gas service and off-gridable power storage are completely reliant on grid electricity power for heat.

by hhh 2y ago

ossobuco 2y ago

In Italy I think I had a single power outage in the last 10 years and it was planned ahead of time for maintenance work.

WrongAssumption 2y ago
That's cool that you haven't been affected, but they happen frequently in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20230719/blackouts-hit-italian-cities-as-heatwave-drives-energy-use https://www.thelocal.it/20230719/blackouts-hit-italian-citie...
- Symbiote 2y ago
  I posted it already in this discussion, but [1] shows a power outage once a year or more is typical in Italy. People in France, South Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom can go 5 or more years between power outages. [1] https://reports.electricinsights.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/191202_Drax_Q3_Report.pdf https://reports.electricinsights.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/20...
- ossobuco 2y ago
  The article you posted reports about "hundreds of people in the dark for hours on end". That makes the news, compared to hundreds of thousands of customers in the dark in the US not making any sensation.

alsoforgotmypwd 2y ago

Compared to other countries, America has normalized a different level of deviancy. Perhaps 5 things are worse in America while 3 things are better when making a single country comparison. It's important to understand the tolerance and need for service varies. For example, single family homes without fireplaces and firewood storage areas and also lacking natural gas service and off-gridable power storage are completely reliant on grid electricity power for heat.