Heathrow Airport Blackout! Were They Just Winging It?!

The Lights Went Out?! Oh Crap Where's My Beer?

Alright alright settle down you Stewies! So apparently Heathrow Airport that big ol' place where people in fancy suits run around like chickens with their heads cut off had a power outage. A FIRE no less! At a nearby electrical substation. Now I'm no electrical engineer but I know when the lights go out it's time to raid the fridge for beer and maybe blame Meg for something. Which by the way she probably caused. Seriously Meg you and those substations!

National Grid Says "No Problem!"... Sure Jan.

So the National Grid these guys who basically control all the electricity in England and Wales are saying 'Hey no biggie! We had plenty of power!' Their CEO John Pettigrew says they had TWO substations running fine. Like when I tell Lois I'm 'totally fine' after eating a whole bucket of fried chicken and passing out on the couch. Yeah totally fine. But Heathrow is like 'Hold on we had to shut down EVERYTHING!' It's like when you accidentally spill beer on your keyboard and suddenly nothing works. Even the 'A' key... Giggity.

Heathrow's Blame Game: Pass the Parcel of Responsibility!

Heathrow's CEO Thomas Woldbye is all 'It wasn't us! It was OUTSIDE the airport!' Classic Peter Griffin move right? Blame someone else! 'Hey Lois the car exploded! It was totally Brian's fault!' He’s even ordered an internal probe which I assume involves a lot of pointing fingers and eating crumpets. And the government? They're doing their own investigation. Sounds like a real life episode of Dateline but with more British accents and less murder... probably.

Flights Diverted! Airlines Crying Into Their Teacups!

Over 1,300 flights were affected! Can you imagine?! That's like a whole lot of people missing their connecting flights and getting stuck with airport food. And the airlines are losing millions! I bet they're all sitting around like me wondering how they're going to afford their next luxury yacht. Those poor poor airlines... (starts fake crying). Seriously though that's more money than I've spent on beer... this week.

IATA's Rant: Somebody Get Willie a Snickers!

The International Air Transport Association is MAD! Their Director General Willie Walsh is basically saying Heathrow is a bunch of incompetent bozos. He's all like 'How can a major airport rely on a single power source?!' It's like relying on Meg to do anything useful. Utterly ridiculous! And he wants to know who's paying for all this mess. It’s as if no one thought of having more than one power source to begin with? Freakin' sweet!

Economic Doom and Gloom! Time to Sell Quahog!

Some fancy economists are saying this whole mess is gonna cost the UK millions in lost tourism revenue. Millions! That's enough to buy a lifetime supply of chicken fights! One guy even said the economic impact will be 'massive.' Massive I tell you! I’m getting flashbacks to that time Quahog was almost destroyed by that giant chicken. This is probably worse than that. Probably.