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Power cuts: relief, transport, schools ... The French worried about their daily lives

2022-12-01T19:49:46.825Z


DECRYPTION – The government plans to carry out two-hour load shedding this winter if necessary. A “mini-black-out” which would disrupt the daily life of the French.


Inoperative traffic lights, trains at the platform, unusable computers and telephones… Such could be the consequences of these two-hour load shedding, programmed and localized in the country.

To limit the damage caused by these power cuts, the prefects will be on the front line.

A circular was sent to them on Wednesday to prepare them for the day when a “mini-blackout” will be triggered on part of their department.

A single objective is targeted: to do everything so that these cuts take place without drama.

But the device already raises questions and concerns.

Unreachable emergency services

Fixed and mobile telephones will notably be inoperative during load shedding, all relay antennas operating with electricity.

It will therefore be impossible to contact the emergency services.

Neither 17, nor 18, nor 15 will work.

As an alternative solution, the government insists on the use of 112, which will make it easier to pick up a neighboring antenna installed on…

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Source: lefigaro

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