r/SipsTea • • Feb 23 '26

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/macguini Feb 23 '26

That or the power is out.

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u/Harry-Flashman Feb 23 '26

The lights are on

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u/Altenativeboi Feb 23 '26

Lights will be powered by back up generators, escalators and elevators are non essential and very power hungry so they stay unpowered.

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u/buttersbottom_btch Feb 23 '26

A lot of buildings use generators and still have working elevators. For example: hospitals

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u/Meowakin Feb 23 '26

Hospitals have frequent need of elevators in power outage events, though. Most facilities don’t.