Power surge points to huge royal wedding ratings

Snoutport

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Fri Apr-29-11 06:47 PM
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Power surge points to huge royal wedding ratings

Source: Guardian UK

National Grid reports higher than expected demand for electricity, indicating that TV audience for royal wedding could rival that of Charles and Diana

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/29/power-surge-royal-wedding-ratings

Don't feel bad wedding watchers! You were not alone!

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Dokkie

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Fri Apr-29-11 09:49 PM
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1. weird

There was no power surge during the world cup but we get one for this stupid wedding? I find that hard to believe.

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DavidDvorkin

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Fri Apr-29-11 10:31 PM
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2. Maybe most of the World Cup viewers were watching in groups

E.g., in pubs.

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idrahaje

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Sat Apr-30-11 12:47 AM
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3. Thats not the sort of power surge most people think of.

Not the one that blew out 5 vanity bulbs out of 12 (5 are CFL, those are still on and 2 were the 130 volt ones that are resistant to power surges) the other night.

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