Giving it a name but not telling us anything else

Giving it a name but not telling us anything else What happens if all the lights go out? This is the plan for a 'Black Sky' event GETTY IMAGES The governments "Be Ready" campaign warns that severe weather and cyber-attacks could disrupt essential services David Sillito Media and Arts correspondent 7 November 2026 It was a Saturday night in early December when Roger Kemp realised something was very wrong. "I was halfway through a Scandi crime drama when everything went off," the professor at Lancaster University told the BBC. "Streetlights were off. The sodium glow that we can see over the horizon from Morecambe was off." The next day he went for a walk. "[It was] almost like a zombie movie," he said. "People trying to find phone reception, wondering where things were, and there was a huge queue at the one working telephone box." At 22:45 on 5 December 2015, the River Lune - which flows directly through Lancaster - had flooded, and the electricity supply to 61,500 1056Wh|1600W Portable Power Station £426.00 -47% £426.00 £799.00 Pay £376.00 with vouchers £59.93 3 payments of £142.00 at 0% interest with TikTok Free shipping | Delivery by 10-12 Nov Shipped by ALLPOWERS UK ALLPOWERS R1500 LITE High-Performance Portable Power Station P1500 LIFE-1600W 1056Wh Free shipping | Estimated will join 31 Jan 2027 -47% £426.00 £799.00 Deal ends in 00:56:17. Order now to save and get free shipping! Total (1 item) Saved £50.00 £376.00