I'm not suggesting that there were hordes of people looting the Co-op after five minutes, but pondering how much more critical the electricity supply is for day-to-day life.
Losing the TV in the 1970s was a pain - I don't think BBC1/BBC2/ITV did things like adjust their schedules to accommodate the people they knew couldn't see episode x of series y by repeating stuff at a time the power cut rota said a different group of people were 'off', but hey, it's just TV.
(For me, the most significant impact was that the surgeon who was going to operate on my left middle finger retired in the middle of it, all 'non-essential' operations being postponed across the country of course - and his replacement was very new, no where near as good, and by the time someone else good was found, it was was too late. So I still have very limited use of that finger.)
Today, losing connectivity with the outside world hurts more, because we rely on it more. Not just internet, but lots of mobile phone towers were obviously out from the drop in signal quality and congestion. Similarly many more companies would be dead without a power supply.
A few years ago, the IRA realised they only had to hit a dozen or so points to cut London off for a significant time. Fortunately, they got caught and no-one else has tried it.
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Date: 2008-06-09 10:55 am (UTC)Losing the TV in the 1970s was a pain - I don't think BBC1/BBC2/ITV did things like adjust their schedules to accommodate the people they knew couldn't see episode x of series y by repeating stuff at a time the power cut rota said a different group of people were 'off', but hey, it's just TV.
(For me, the most significant impact was that the surgeon who was going to operate on my left middle finger retired in the middle of it, all 'non-essential' operations being postponed across the country of course - and his replacement was very new, no where near as good, and by the time someone else good was found, it was was too late. So I still have very limited use of that finger.)
Today, losing connectivity with the outside world hurts more, because we rely on it more. Not just internet, but lots of mobile phone towers were obviously out from the drop in signal quality and congestion. Similarly many more companies would be dead without a power supply.
A few years ago, the IRA realised they only had to hit a dozen or so points to cut London off for a significant time. Fortunately, they got caught and no-one else has tried it.