How fast will a government response be if a blackout occurred in the entire US & Canada? (retrofed.com)

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For perspective: there was a power outage that took place across the Iberian peninsula (affecting mainly Portugal and parts of both Spain & France back in 2025), at least people there didn't resort to looting immediately the moment everything was in disaray (transit networks were down, internet & phone connections were offline, contactless payments were disrupted and people were made to leave public venues). At least, the federal governments of their countries managed to act fast the moment this occurred nationwide.

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[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

yeah but thats texas. if its a state that votes democrat then trump will tell them not to authorize a national emergency. So like if the west grid goes it will be declared a national emergency for some states but not for california.

[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Yep, that's the problem. That space here in the U.S. is that even completely non-political things are made instantly political by these fucks.

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