International Massive Blackout in Iberia

[650lb Sumo]

Spain will take 'all necessary measures' to prevent another blackout, says PM - live updates

Power has now been fully restored in Spain and Portugal, as officials continue to investigate what caused the outage.

www.bbc.co.uk

Spain has declared a state of emergency after a massive power cut hit large parts of the country and Portugal, causing widespread disruption.

More than half of Spain's power has been restored, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says, but authorities have not yet established why the outage occurred.

There was 'no indication' that the power cut was caused by a cyber attack, the Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, said.

People report driving to find open petrol stations, teaching in the dark - and trying to find beer pumps in Benidorm.

The authorities are trying to project an air of calm, but they've increased deployments of security forces and are calling on people to limit their mobile phone use, writes the BBC's Europe regional editor.

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[Siver!]

I remember when we were supposed to be scared of blackouts throughout Europe after falling out with Putin lol

Turned out to be fear mongering garbage.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

I remember when we were supposed to be scared of blackouts throughout Europe after falling out with Putin lol

Turned out to be fear mongering garbage.

- We had a massive one in 2003. Lasted three days, but looked like a ternity.

 

[Badr Hari]

With some candles and some gas I'll be fine during this spring time. Let's be honest, most people panic because of being disconnected from the internet.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

- We had a massive one in 2003. Lasted three days, but looked like a ternity.

Are you from Ontario, Canada?

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Are you from Ontario, Canada?

- Florianópolis - Santa Catarina

 

[LeonardoBjj]

With some candles and some gas I'll be fine during this spring time. Let's be honest, most people panic because of being disconnected from the internet.

- And all the food that gets wasted?

 

[USA!USA!]

They don't even know why/how it happened?

Not gonna lie, that is not very reassuring LMAO

 

[koquerelle]

Thanks, Obama.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

They don't even know why/how it happened?

Not gonna lie, that is not very reassuring LMAO

Yeah I mean I've worked in the electrical space and I'll bet they know, they're probably covering it up while they figure out what story to tell. In times like this no one wants the finger pointed at them.

 

[Rob Battisti]

With some candles and some gas I'll be fine during this spring time. Let's be honest, most people panic because of being disconnected from the internet.

Yeah except we’re all a week away from anarchy. If all the refrigerated food spoils and people have nothing to eat it will be quite bad.

 

[badascan]

Pedro Sanchez?... Gtfo...

 

[USA!USA!]

Yeah I mean I've worked in the electrical space and I'll bet they know, they're probably covering it up while they figure out what story to tell. In times like this no one wants the finger pointed at them.

Yeah I assume they had to have some idea if they are ruling out terrorism/cyberattack immediately.. maybe it was just a Spanish Homer Simpson that fell asleep at the power plant.

 

[SurferH2O]

They don't even know why/how it happened?

Not gonna lie, that is not very reassuring LMAO

I'm in the Energy Industry and that is "not very reassuring" at all. 100%

I've never known of an outage where we didn't figure out why pretty fast. It's either transmission or generation that's the issue. I highly doubt it's generation, because if it's that... the problem will be insane this Summer. Something's likely up with the power lines is my guess.

 

[Stoic1]

Usually a squirrel.

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

i have friends in both spain and portugal and nobody is responding to my messages.

Could be they just don't like me though.

 

[lsa]

I had nothing to do with this.

 

[koquerelle]

 

[I Am Legion]

My buddy is there in Porto now. He says it extends to parts of France and Italy as well. Shopping by candle, but says he is still getting cold beer for now. It is scary.

 

[usernamee]

I wanna see how much crime skyrocketed during this after it's all over