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2025-03-21 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

London's Heathrow Airport closed all day Friday after fire causes power outage

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-21 04:35|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top

#1 Flight chaos across the world with hundreds of planes forced to divert or turn around as huge fireball shuts major airport... and disruptions could last days

Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-21 04:44|| 2025-03-21 04:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Thousands disrupted and flights cancelled across UK as Heathrow closes after substation fire

Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-21 05:51|| 2025-03-21 05:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, they hopefully have CCTV cameras that watched that substation (like they have everywhere else in GB).

I'd be curious to see if this fire had 'help'.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-03-21 11:37|| 2025-03-21 11:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Image looks suspiciously like an explosion, not a fuel oil fire. Interesting sub headlines in Sky News:

"Sky video
Heathrow closure: Back-up generator that could have kept airport open also 'affected by fire'"

"Counter-terrorism police leading investigation into fire that closed Heathrow Airport"

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-03-21 14:18|| 2025-03-21 14:18|| Front Page Top

#5 I just listened to a podcast out of the UK that forecasts this sort of thing and more. Highly recommended.
The coming British civil war: Louise Perry and David Betz.

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