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riversedge

(70,311 posts) Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:25 AM Jan 2021

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the Vatican has gone dark. road blocks everywhere.........

anyone know what is going on??

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the Vatican has gone dark. road blocks everywhere......... (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2021 OP

This is terrifying vercetti2021 Jan 2021 #1

agree. spooky. I have a heavy feeling about this. riversedge Jan 2021 #6

Can't imagine... Karadeniz Jan 2021 #2

and pakistan, too, weird Ollie Garkie Jan 2021 #3

Why is nobody talking about the black out in Vatican and the Eiffel Tower? riversedge Jan 2021 #4

Wow MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #5

Terrorist threats? roamer65 Jan 2021 #7

All these roads are closed in #rome and the times are all recent! Plus with the #Vatican blackout o riversedge Jan 2021 #8

The Vatican has power now... Drunken Irishman Jan 2021 #9

The vatican coming back to life riversedge Jan 2021 #10

Way out there, terrifying, pessimistic predicton? RockRaven Jan 2021 #11

Phew. cilla4progress Jan 2021 #12

Some Pakistan cities were down earlier. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 #13

Appears to just be routine power outages. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2021 #14

I'm kind of surprised they don't have backup generators captain queeg Jan 2021 #15

Oh gawd, what's Newt up to? tanyev Jan 2021 #16

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)

1. This is terrifying

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:27 AM

Jan 2021

2021 is starting to shape up to be some kind of extremely dark sequel

riversedge

(70,311 posts)

6. agree. spooky. I have a heavy feeling about this.

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:30 AM

Jan 2021

Karadeniz

(22,574 posts)

2. Can't imagine...

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:28 AM

Jan 2021

Ollie Garkie

(186 posts)

3. and pakistan, too, weird

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:28 AM

Jan 2021

Putin?

riversedge

(70,311 posts)

4. Why is nobody talking about the black out in Vatican and the Eiffel Tower?

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:29 AM

Jan 2021

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MustLoveBeagles

(11,636 posts)

5. Wow

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:29 AM

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roamer65

(36,747 posts)

7. Terrorist threats?

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:30 AM

Jan 2021

riversedge

(70,311 posts)

8. All these roads are closed in #rome and the times are all recent! Plus with the #Vatican blackout o

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:32 AM

Jan 2021

All these roads are closed in #rome and the times are all recent!

Plus with the #Vatican blackout on the live feed...

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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

9. The Vatican has power now...

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:33 AM

Jan 2021

riversedge

(70,311 posts)

10. The vatican coming back to life

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:35 AM

Jan 2021

I see a Christmas tree lite up

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RockRaven

(15,013 posts)

11. Way out there, terrifying, pessimistic predicton?

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:39 AM

Jan 2021

Test run of whatever Russia, China, Iran, and/or DPRK have planned for digital/internet-based infrastructure sabotage/attack of the USA at our most politically chaotic/vulnerable moment in a week or so...

cilla4progress

(24,777 posts)

12. Phew.

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:40 AM

Jan 2021

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Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)

13. Some Pakistan cities were down earlier.

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:11 AM

Jan 2021

Connected?

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)

14. Appears to just be routine power outages.

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:14 AM

Jan 2021

Nothing found in European news sites such as France 24 or BBC about the Vatican outage.

Pakistan has a very fragile power grid and they're saying it was a remote line fault that resulted in a chain-reaction tripping of power generating stations. Power is being restored gradually now.

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captain queeg

(10,252 posts)

15. I'm kind of surprised they don't have backup generators

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:26 AM

Jan 2021

tanyev

(42,623 posts)

16. Oh gawd, what's Newt up to?

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 10:11 AM

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