https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/major-power-outage-hits-downtown-toronto-1.6023350
Any urban or rural power outage is such a pain.
https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/08/power-outage-toronto-downtown-toronto
https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/08/toronto-power-outage-elevators Being stuck somewhere when you really have to get to a toilet is the worst.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9053368/power-outage-toronto-downtown-core-august-11 Fortunately, it wasn't affecting the entire city.
https://www.torontohydro.com/outage/outage-map-lite.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_power_outages#Largest
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60123178
https://www.theblackoutreport.co.uk/2020/12/07/11-biggest-blackouts/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57769/12-biggest-electrical-blackouts-history
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/14/us/new-york-city-power-outage-42-years-trnd 1977-7-13
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-northeast-blackout 1965-11-9
https://www.sacyr.com/en/-/los-grandes-apagones-de-la-historia
As the world becomes more hightech & digitally run, if there isn't enough backup or redundancy systems, total shutdowns will still occur.