On the 10th of July, a power outage at Gatwick Airport caused a computer meltdown in air traffic control systems, resulting in flights being suspended for almost 2 hours. IT system affected all inbound and outbound flights, and though flights had resumed 2 hours after the power cut, there were ongoing delays and cancellations, due to the backlog. A spokeswoman for Gatwick airport said that as of 7.30pm a total of 26 flights had been diverted and eight cancelled. Power cuts ca

Unfortunately this years winter is forecasted to be worse than the average - I knew that brilliant summer would come with a price. With every winter comes more and longer power outages. The demand for energy increases, mixed with bad weather causing damage to infrastructure = power cuts and electricity supply disruptions. To add more uncertainty to the power grid's reliability, the Capacity Market* payments have recently been suspended - Meaning a main service used to help de

Electricity north west have a very useful live power cut map available to use for free on their site. By looking at this map, you can see that Power cuts are far more common than you may realise. Please follow the link to see the live map; http://www.enwl.co.uk/power-cuts/live-power-cut-map #PowerCuts #NorthWest #BlackOut #PowerGrid #StandbyPower