I mean, this is a sick joke, right? No, apparently it isn't.

Energy firms urge Britons to turn off their electricity tonight as snow blankets the UK.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk-weather-snow-energy-firms-national-grid-turn-off-electricity/

@Florence That's inhumane.

@CinnamonGirlE They are. It's absurd. The whole thing. But they're ploughing on. Now we all have to go to the National Grid page to type in an alphabet letter (which we can apparently find on our bills) to be told when they will be cutting off our electricity (3 x a week from January, no exemptions).

@Florence
How long will it be off during those periods? That's horrible.

@CinnamonGirlE It'll start at 3 hours, increasing to 24 hours depending on how it goes.

@Florence
And medical needs? On your own?

@CinnamonGirlE No exemptions. I rely on a medical alarm, live alone and am in palliative care. Still no exemption.

@Florence I am so sorry! That's not okay. May I ask where you live?

@CinnamonGirlE Wales.

@Florence I am sorry to say I am ignorant of what is going on there? I live in the US and we are burning down in other ways here.
That really is horrible though.

@CinnamonGirlE It's pure mismanagement by the Tories. It's miserable. But if you're not one of the hoi polloi - who never seem to be affected - you just have to suck it up. So we're told. I'm a American-British person, so I feel doomed on both sides of the Atlantic these days!