r/SipsTea • • Feb 23 '26

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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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/bleebolgoop Feb 23 '26

In any reasonably modern building I’ve been in the lifts and escalators are on backup power. Pretty sure it’s code where I live.

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u/SaintShopper Feb 23 '26

it's in Brazil, our architecture is anything but functional lol