Storm Eowyn

[Ghost1951]

North East and Cumbria homes still without power after Storm Éowyn

Providers covering the North East and Cumbria hope to get power restored by the end of the day.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[MikelBikel]

Storm Éowyn leaves trail of destruction across the UK and Ireland

A huge cleanup effort is underway after Storm Éowyn left a trail of destruction across parts of Ireland and the UK.#stormeowyn #ireland #uk

youtube.com

Are ai bots restoring power and clearing fallen trees, thought not, people are.

 

[sjpt]

Are ai bots restoring power and clearing fallen trees, thought not, people are.

But they probably will be in not that many years time; and another decade or two after that and the idea of a person doing it may become rather quaint.

 

[Woosh]

there are a lot of robots on show at CES 2025 this week. It won't be long before they can do jobs like clearing fallen trees or at least assist emergency workers.

 

[AndyBike]

It won't be long before they can do jobs like clearing fallen trees or at least assist emergency workers.

More likely the Americans will give them guns, and they will wipe us all out.

 

[saneagle]

More likely the Americans will give them guns, and they will wipe us all out.

What have you done to upset the Americans? It wasn't you flying that Trump in a nappy blimp last time he came to London, was it? Maybe a letter of apology might straighten things out.

 

[MikelBikel]

'The house is frozen, we're cooking on a camp stove - Galway after Storm Eowyn'

'Our government doesn’t plan - it reacts. Emergency workers aren’t doing their level best, but without real planning at a national level, we’ll always be unprepared.'

www.galwaybeo.ie

And we thought we were in the first world, mmm :-/