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Depends on the region. I live in one of the bad areas, with lots of trees. The power goes out every couple months for a couple hours. But I was very surprised

Depends on the region. I live in one of the bad areas, with lots of trees. The power goes out every couple months for a couple hours. But I was very surprised to learn that until 2021, most Texans had never had a power interruption in decades (which I suppose added to their panic). Not all that useful to say "the US" here. California has it's wildfires and earthquakes. The west has extreme temperature swings. Southeast has hurricanes, and northeast has trees, ice, and wind. The entire south likes to run air conditioning. What does your country or its neighbors face? How about 10 countries over?

bob1029 1y ago
> But I was very surprised to learn that until 2021, most Texans had never had a power interruption in decades And now in 2025 you will find the highest density of generac installs in Texas. I'm in a neighborhood where at least 80% of the homes have a standby unit. The substation is less than a mile away but the lines have to go through Narnia to reach us. Outages are half a day at a minimum.
seszett 1y ago
> What does your country or its neighbors face? How about 10 countries over? Well my country sometimes has storms that do lead to power cuts for a few hours in the worst case, it's happened to me in 1999 and 2010 (but then there was also flooding that time). It's not happened since except for a couple of scheduled cuts that lasted a minute or so. About five countries over, there is a special military operation that you might have heard of. About ten countries over there's another one. I'm pretty sure some neighbouring countries also have ice, forests, wind and wildfires.