UK draws up emergency plan for extended blackouts and resulting crises, & potential undersea cable attacks
The UK government is laying the groundwork for a "worst-case scenario" of week- or longer blackouts.
The “official sensitive” document warns any outage could cause “severe” knock-on disruption to food, transport, water supply, communications and energy sectors.
Plans include prioritizing access to food for the young and elderly, preserving two analog radio stations on backup power, and rationing households by “intermittent access” to grid power.
It could also apply if there is an attack from another state on sub-sea power cables. [!!!]
[IAF: do you have a backup way to cook/heat your home?]
UK draws up emergency plan for extended blackouts and resulting crises, & potential undersea cable attacks
The UK government is laying the groundwork for a "worst-case scenario" of week- or longer blackouts.
The “official sensitive” document warns any outage could cause “severe” knock-on disruption to food, transport, water supply, communications and energy sectors.
Plans include prioritizing access to food for the young and elderly, preserving two analog radio stations on backup power, and rationing households by “intermittent access” to grid power.
It could also apply if there is an attack from another state on sub-sea power cables. [!!!]
[IAF: do you have a backup way to cook/heat your home?]
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