In case you haven't heard yet, the entire Iberian Peninsula suffered a widespread blackout yesterday, leaving 90% of the population without electricity, internet, or telephone service...
The causes are still unknown, or at least, they haven't been made public, but although some speculate about a major cyberattack, it's most likely due to poor management of the mix between renewable and traditional energy sources.
It seems that at the time of the blackout, 12:30 p.m., energy production from renewable sources (basically hydroelectric and solar) was massive, making it difficult for the distribution grid to manage... we'll see; the "official" reasons could be even more ridiculous.
The fact is that millions of people lived in a kind of total blackout for more than 14 hours, at least that was my experience.
The satellite image below confirms it; by nightfall, very few people had recovered their power...
I have to say, even though the situation was somewhat chaotic, I totally enjoyed the moment of "disconnection."
Even my children experienced what it was like to live without cell phones! They even believed that using candles at home was common when I was young (LoL).
It's incredible how the population acted in a "primary" way, flocking to supermarkets again and stocking up on as much toilet paper and pasta as possible.
One thing is clear: those who had cash could buy anything; those who had a debit or credit card (or Bitcoin) couldn't do anything...
From now on, it would be good to have some cash in our "Doomsday Backpack"...
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Yeah and they even want to delete cash and just force you to use credit cards only LOL then blackout and you have nothing
Looking forward the clown official reason
I am really surprised that such a big part of France was also dark. Here you heard about Spain and Portugal...
South of France as well
It becomes difficult to spend even an hour without electricity because a few years ago, our city used to have electricity for 12 hours a day, and when it was 12 hours, it was a very difficult time, no work could be done on time.
I heard about the blackout, and I rely on electricity so much. It would affect our daily lives quite a bit, so I guess there needs to be some good backup systems. I hope they figure out the issue and let others know, so it doesn't happen elsewhere.
Now we depend so much on electricity that we are paralysed when we lose it. I distrust any reason given to us by the government, that seems to me the saddest thing about everything we lived yesterday. I can't understand people acting crazy and hoarding selfishly, once again the human being disappointed me by that part, while I was reconciled to know details and stories of those who cared about others and helped selflessly. I prefer to keep the memory of the latter, who are the ones worth it for me.
Ps. I need to buy a battery-powered radio. We had to go to the car for listening some news on what was happening!
La verdad es que you disfrute bastante, descansando de tanto “ruido”
Yo tanto como disfrutar no, pero lo único que me preocupó fue saber que mis padres estaban bien (salían de viaje del Imserso 😅). Por lo demás, coincido con el descanso que dio alejadnos del ruido.
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