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The US electrical grid is in desperate need of upgrades, watchdog warns (www.engadget.com)
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[โ€“] andyortlieb@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've had 2 multiple day power outages in the Milwaukee area, and 4 or 5 shorter ones over the past few years. It literally never used to happen.

[โ€“] piecat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Local outages are a lot different than grid failure. But yeah local power lines are probably needing an update too.