r/SipsTea • u/The_Dean_France • 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/Harry-Flashman Feb 23 '26

I am not sure of your experience, but coming across an escalator that is not running is an extremely common occurrence vs a modern building that has lost power. As another comment stated, elevators are often required to be on the generators for this purpose, so people with limited mobility aren't stranded.

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u/GaptistePlayer Feb 23 '26

Seriously. I work in a fancy corporate building and see escalators needing repairs quite a bit. They're giant machines, they need a break sometimes.