Thursday, April 1, 2010

Heavy snow cuts off 20,000 homes in Northern Ireland | UK news | The Guardian

Heavy snow cuts off 20,000 homes in Northern Ireland |
UK news |
The Guardian
: "Sinead Ferris of NIE said: 'The types of damage we are seeing are principally in the overhead line network – we have got electricity poles down and the weight of ice on the conductors has brought conductors down as well. With the extent of the faults, we are anticipating restoration of electricity could take a number of days.'"

Major winter storms can do that. Can you survive at home for a number of days without power?