So they've given it a name. It's now called the Black Sky.

What happens if all the lights go out? This is the plan for a 'Black Sky' event They're taking the piss now 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 went off, there was a faint glow that we can see from Morecambe... but everything else was off." The next day... "[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 Shipped by ALLPOWERS UK ALLPOWERS R1500 LITE High-Performance Portable Power Station £426.00 Free shipping Deal ends in 00:56:17 Total (1 item) Saved £50.00 £376.00 Pay 1056Wh/1600W £426.00 Exclusive benefits ALLPOWERS R1500 LITE High-Performance Portable Power Station 1056Wh/LiFePO4 Battery 4.8 (742) 644 sold