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2026-08-19 Science & Technology

[NYT] What if America went completely dark?

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-08-19 02:29|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [337 views ] Top

1 [DM] Warning that mammoth nationwide blackout could last 18 MONTHS as power grid's appalling weak spots exposed

Posted by Skidmark 2026-08-19 02:31|| 2026-08-19 02:31|| Front Page Top

2 Distributed power generation, neighborhood-sized, is necessary. I have been working on this for 40+ years. Amazing pushback from government at every level so far. Rice bowls issues.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-08-19 03:15|| 2026-08-19 03:15|| Front Page Top

3 ^^^^Amazing pushback from government at every level so far. Rice bowls issues.

Centralized control is the key. You can pick up your company house key, at the company store. What are your questions ?

Posted by Besoeker 2026-08-19 05:43|| 2026-08-19 05:43|| Front Page Top

4 Rice bowls? Rice? Yes, both found at Walmart or Target. The genuine items, produced by our friends in China.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-08-19 05:48|| 2026-08-19 05:48|| Front Page Top

5 Somehow the world survived without it a mere century ago. Of course if your concept of history is that it didn't exist till you were born, that may be totally unfathomable.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-08-19 07:15|| 2026-08-19 07:15|| Front Page Top

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Question: Did any of you happen to notice if your WWVB controlled Atomic Wall Clock reset Monday at 6:09 PM EDT (UTC-4)?

Many in my area notice their clock suddenly decided to reset themselves?

Did WWVB out in Colorado have issues?
Did some one play with the signal?
Or did the powers to be, need a few extra seconds? ☺

Posted by NN2N1 2026-08-19 07:41|| 2026-08-19 07:41|| Front Page Top

7 We are totally off grid for energy and water here and it is the best decision we have ever made. The Australian grid is no longer fit for purpose - the old power generation system is being dismantled and the new, shiny system can’t and won’t step up. The politics of it all is increasingly panicky. It’s all a bit spooky. There’s no consideration for the downstream economic consequences of unreliable electricity happening- a local supermarket had a freezer compressor fail over the weekend a while ago and on the Monday threw out a hundred thousand dollars worth of spoiled food.

Posted by Knuckles Grundy 2026-08-19 08:37|| 2026-08-19 08:37|| Front Page Top

8 Many in my area notice their clock suddenly decided to reset themselves?

The wild conspiracy, which has been widely shared online since December 2025, alleged that NASA secretly detected the gravitational waves of two black holes which collided millions of years ago heading toward Earth like a killer beam of energy.

Those waves would be so powerful that they would cancel out the force which holds all life from simply floating off the planet for 7.3 seconds ...

Posted by Skidmark 2026-08-19 09:21|| 2026-08-19 09:21|| Front Page Top

9 Amazing pushback from government at every level so far.

Considering another of today's articles:

Chicago found millions for migrants. Why are its own children being left behind?

Collect kickbacks, or do accountable work?

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-08-19 10:09|| 2026-08-19 10:09|| Front Page Top

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Ref: #8 Skidmark
Could account for the storm of 52+ 5.+ Mag Earthquakes we have seen since 08-11-26

Posted by NN2N1 2026-08-19 10:54|| 2026-08-19 10:54|| Front Page Top

11 Karen Bass using matching taxpayer dollars with campaign donations.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-08-19 11:52|| 2026-08-19 11:52|| Front Page Top

12 Texas Hits New Peak Demand Record, Faces 80% Supply Shortfall By 2030

Posted by Skidmark 2026-08-19 14:42|| 2026-08-19 14:42|| Front Page Top

13 How do blue states realign their power grids with no utility investment? Drive population to red states.

Hoover Dam crisis as U.S.’s largest reservoir Lake Mead drops to lowest level in history, sparking fears of blackouts and water shortages

Posted by Skidmark 2026-08-19 14:47|| 2026-08-19 14:47|| Front Page Top

14 ^ #8 - floating off for seven seconds was supposed to be seven days ago. Did I miss it?

Posted by Bobby 2026-08-19 15:56|| 2026-08-19 15:56|| Front Page Top

15 If the grid goes down, we won't get any crappy stories from the NY Times.

Posted by Chantry 2026-08-19 17:46|| 2026-08-19 17:46|| Front Page Top

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