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silcoontoday at 8:48 AM1 replyview on HN

I lived in Australia in Far North Queensland until last year and power was running out every heavy rain. The point is that in that region there are only two seasons: a short dry season and a long wet one.

So everyone expects multiple power off a year and every household has generators and stock of fuel and matches for emergency.

Locals have a “it’s gonna be fine” attitude against a poor (but expensive) infrastructure. I was really disappointed, growing up in Europe, where a power off it’s extremely rare (even if we have rain and snow).


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rgmerktoday at 10:14 AM

Worth keeping in mind that nobody freezes to death in FNQ if the power goes out.