Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal • Hacker News Board

stavros wrote: post #86

sparky_ wrote: post #48

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Traffic lights are out across Iberia apparently, better stay home.

Do people forget how to drive if there are no lights? I can't imagine many people would think "well, there are no lights, which means GREEEEEEEN!". Over here, a traffic light that doesn't work means it's now a stop sign.

Having driven in Madrid when lights were working, I think the stay home advice is strong.

Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

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Post by codetrotter » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:46 AM UTC

suslik wrote: post #26

rambambram wrote: post #22

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How are you posting this?

Mobile internet still works.

It works, but only some of the time now. It’s been very unstable for me since the outage started. I’m in Spain.

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Post by mango7283 » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:46 AM UTC

stavros wrote: post #86

sparky_ wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Traffic lights are out across Iberia apparently, better stay home.

Do people forget how to drive if there are no lights? I can't imagine many people would think "well, there are no lights, which means GREEEEEEEN!". Over here, a traffic light that doesn't work means it's now a stop sign.

That's still a recipe for massive gridlock as treating most traffic junctions as stop signs doesn't scale unless there are traffic cops to manually direct traffic

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Post by amarcheschi » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:46 AM UTC

Some parts of Spain are slowly coming back online https://x.com/RedElectricaREE/status/1916818043235164267

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Post by Ronzie » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:46 AM UTC

Murcia is also without power. We live in the campo so presumed it was a normal outage. Obviously not

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Post by ndsipa_pomu » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:46 AM UTC

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/28/spain-portugal...

> A fire in the south-west of France, on the Alaric mountain, which damaged a high-voltage power line between Perpignan and eastern Narbonne, has also been identified as a possible cause.

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Post by ksec » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:46 AM UTC

I saw it on twitter and had to go to BBC to make sure this isn't some joke or hoax. 2025 and we have National level power cuts?

I know it may be rare but I think some day we really need to move or mandate every single flat / home / apartment / living places to have a 12 - 24 hours backup battery included. Something that has 10K+ Cycles, durable and non-flammable. Not only does it make sure our modern lives without sudden interruption, it also solves the renewable energy problem.