#poweroutages — Public Fediverse posts
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State of emergency declared over flooding in Cape Breton, thousands without power in N.S. – ctvnews.ca
State of emergency declared over flooding in Cape Breton, thousands without power in N.S. ctvnews.caState of emergency declared in…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #CA #Canada #EnvironmentCanada #HighWinds #PowerOutages #RainfallWarning #Weather
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The Guardian: When Memphis went dark, community members brought the light: ‘We keep ourselves safe’
"...In the absence of governmental resources, the organizers relied on skeletal plans and protocols for what to do in rapid response scenarios. They were able to respond to the crisis almost immediately....He went across the city, servicing people without lights. He set generators up for them, running the cord through their homes and explaining to them how to use the machine... he expects communities to come together in times of crisis as those in Memphis did. “We all stick together and make things happen and use our resources, most likely, we can take care of each other with no problem.”..."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/memphis-storm-community
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BBC: Frustration builds in Indiana town struggling without power for 12 days
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Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Analysis: Russia breaks into Kostiantynivka, opening battle for Donbas fortress belt . . . . . Regions across Russia impose gasoline sales restrictions as Ukrainian strikes deepen fuel crisis . . . . . Ukraine destroys key logistics bridge in Crimea, hits over 60 Russian military targets overnight . . . . . Russia working to stop Ukraine's EU accession, report find . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/06/wednesday-june-24-2026/
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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Investigation: Unmasking the anonymous hosts of 'Russians with Attitude,' a pro-war podcast popular with US far-right -- Novorossiysk port on fire again as Ukrainian strike campaign on Russian oil export infrastructure continues -- As Russian attacks on Ukraine's railways intensify, passenger trains now targets for drones -- Serbia sees no Ukraine trace in alleged gas sabotage plot after Hungary hints at Kyiv's involvement ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/tuesday-april-7-2026/
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Monday, March 23, 2026
Ukrainian drones killing Russian troops faster than Moscow can replace them -- Russia's new Izdeliye-30 missile makes strikes harder to anticipate -- Ukraine destroys Russian Buk air defenses in flurry of strikes -- How AI is supercharging Russian propaganda ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/monday-march-23-2026/
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Russia threatens families of Ukrainian POWs to register Starlink terminals -- Ukraine moves its power grid underground to shield it from Russian attacks -- Ukrainian drones strike Russia's Volgograd oil refinery -- Russian strike on northeastern Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast kills 3 toddlers, 1 other ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/wednesday-february-11-2026/
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Friday, November 28, 2025
Putin demands Ukrainian troops withdraw before ceasefire, as Witkoff set to visit Moscow -- In bomb-shelter classrooms, Ukrainian university students turn to weapons engineering -- US to discuss Ukraine security guarantees AFTER peace deal signed, Rubio tells allies -- Occupation authorities to send 400 Ukrainian children to Russia for mandatory 'exchange' program ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-28-2025/
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
US holding secret peace talks with Moscow -- Killzone: Devastating scale of Russia's drone terror against civilians laid bare in new report -- Russian troops spotted north of Pokrovsk, military confirms -- TNT shipments to Ukraine at stake as NATO supplies diverted to Israel for Gaza bombardment ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/wednesday-november-19-2025/
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Friday, October 31, 2025
Video shows Russian drone hitting Sumy gas station; 4 injured, including journalist -- Vile attack: Emergency power outages across Ukraine as Russia targets thermal power plants in mass missile, drone strike -- Putin's pressure campaign on Trump exposes Kremlin's limits -- After US sanctions, Lukoil to sell assets to firm founded by Putin ally ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/friday-october-31-2025/
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Mass attack hits cities overnight as Ukrainians brace for 50 more days of Russian terror — Ukrainian startup says its drones could work on their own by year’s end, thanks to AI — Russian agent caught ‘red-handed’ planting explosives in Rivne apartment building — 5 killed, 53 injured in Ukraine as Russia strikes hospitals, residential areas across country … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/wednesday-july-16-2025/
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⚡️In an astonishing twist, the Iberian Peninsula discovers that #electricity is crucial for #internet connectivity! Who knew?! 😱 Meanwhile, X Corp. helpfully suggests switching browsers, because solving power outages is just as easy as clicking "refresh." 🖥️✨
https://twitter.com/CloudflareRadar/status/1916811587408536055 #XCorp #poweroutages #IberianPeninsula #HackerNews #ngated -
Yasno's CEO says power outages will be shorter on weekends. He expects longer outages in summer due to air conditioning usage and even worse situation in winter. #PowerOutages #ElectricitySupply
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Ancient #SolarStorm smashed Earth at wrong part of the sun's cycle — and scientists are concerned
The 9,200-year-old storm left researchers with a stark conclusion: We are not ready for the next one.
By Brandon Specktor
published January 28, 2022"An extremely powerful solar storm pummeled our planet 9,200 years ago, leaving permanent scars on the #ice buried deep below #Greenland and #Antarctica.
"A new study of those ancient ice samples has found that this previously unknown storm is one of the strongest outbursts of solar weather ever detected and would have crippled modern communications systems if it had hit Earth today.
"But perhaps most surprising, the massive storm appears to have hit during a #SolarMinimum, the point during the sun's 11-year cycle when solar outbursts are typically much less common, according to the study, published Jan. 11 in the journal Nature Communications. Because of this unexpected discovery, the study researchers are concerned that devastating solar storms could hit when we least expect them — and that Earth might not be prepared when the next big one arrives.
"Solar storms occur when magnetic field lines on the sun's corona (the outermost part of the sun's atmosphere) become tangled up and then violently snap back into place. This sudden magnetic reconnection can release huge gouts of plasma and magnetic field known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which surf across space on the sun's ever-gusting #SolarWind.
"If a powerful #CME passes over Earth, it can compress the planet's #MagneticShield, causing what's known as a #GeomagneticStorm.
"Mild geomagnetic storms can damage #satellites and interrupt radio transmissions; severe storms, like the 'Halloween storms' of 2003, can cause widespread #PowerOutages across the world and permanently damage #ElectricalInfrastructure, such as power transformers. Some researchers fear that a sufficiently large solar storm could also ravage the world's undersea internet cables, resulting in an '#InternetApocalypse' that leaves huge chunks of the world population disconnected for months.
"CME outbursts typically peak every 11 years or so, when the sun enters the part of its natural activity cycle known as the solar maximum — the time when magnetic activity in the corona is in high gear.
"Today, satellites can monitor solar outbursts directly. But finding evidence of ancient storms requires some atomic detective work. The authors of the new study looked for evidence of special particles known as #CosmogenicRadionuclides — essentially, radioactive isotopes (versions of elements) created when charged solar particles collide with elements in Earth's atmosphere.
"These radioactive particles can appear in natural records, like tree rings and ice cores. In the study, the authors looked at the latter, analyzing several cores drilled in Antarctica and Greenland. Cores from both locations showed a remarkable spike in the radionuclides beryllium-10 and chlorine-36 around 9,200 years ago, indicating that a powerful solar storm swept across Earth at that time.
"Further analysis of the cores showed that the storm was particularly powerful — perhaps on a par with the most powerful solar storm ever detected, which occurred during a solar maximum between the years 775 B.C. and 774 B.C.
"The newly discovered storm's occurrence during a solar minimum, when magnetic activity on the sun should be low, left the study authors puzzled and alarmed.
"'This [storm] further pushes the magnitude of a potential worst-case scenario for [solar storm] events,' the researchers wrote in the study.
"According to the study authors, it is now essential for researchers to detect more ancient, extreme storms in the ice-core and tree-ring records, to determine if there is some sort of pattern beyond the sun's 11-year cycle that dictates when the most extreme storms will occur."
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-solar-storm-solar-minimum
#SolarFlares #SolarCycle25 #CarringtonEffect #LightsOut #KesslerSyndrome