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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[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Well, the professionals are going to get to work and respond essentially immediately. However, leadership of the U.S. is going to make it into a political issue immediately and slow down that response and actions to support states, cities, and communities that need it based on political lines

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