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-> Power outage -> Wild guess that Russia has been doing it, 0 proof or even hint -> "This is a war of agression, we should respond" Are you suggesting to attack Russia, based on absolute thin air?
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Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal
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Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal
#112There's a map of realtime load flow here: https://gridradar.net/en/wide-area-monitoring-system (currently shows Spain and Portugal as 'offline')
Are you sure "offline" means that? Romania looks offline and when I checked their CNN they were reporting live from Spain about the blackout without mentioning Romania.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
Parts of EU.
Ok...? Is there like more to this narrative or are we supposed to buy that russia just hates all of europe for being europe now? Whatever happened to the "rational actor" canard?
Russian establishment DOES hate western civilization, that is not "narrative" that is fact told by them in live tv to your face FOR LAST 70 YEARS. That is not "narrative".
Western style of life is not only EU but also USA. I do not know how people can even doubt this lol.
If they wanted western life in russia, then establishment will make changes to have it there, no ? Russia is NOT democracy, it is tyranny, autocracy. Again it is not narrative it is what they do there lol
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#114I have family in Andalusia and they seem to have dropped off the net. Mildly concerning.
Also, there are currently four different submissions re this on the front page. I'd suggest we dont need any more.
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#115Parts of France are also affected according to Sky: https://news.sky.com/story/large-parts-of-spain-and-portugal...
> Parts of France also appear to be affected, according to Spanish media reports, which said Seville, Barcelona and Valencia were hit by the outage. The wording in the article makes it look like Seville, Barcelona and Valencia are in France.
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#116Apparently this spans more countries? Very strange. Possibly a cyberattack or sabotage?
Growing up in Spain I've never experienced anything like this (not there at the moment, but friends have told me over WhatsApp).
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#1174 years ago this almost happened: https://gridradar.net/en/blog/post/underfrequency_january_20... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/day-europes-power-grid-almost... https://www.acer.europa.eu/news/continental-europe-electrici... I remember it because power went out in at least 1/3 of Romania back then.
It shows that even when the original issues are solved the reboot takes time due to power station being spooled down due to excessive production. I hope it is all back before telecoms start draining the batteries, otherwise things get uglier
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#118I 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 su…
Sounds like an incredibly expensive solution to a problem that could be tackled more efficiently at a larger scale.
Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal
#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
Parts of EU.
Ok...? Is there like more to this narrative or are we supposed to buy that russia just hates all of europe for being europe now? Whatever happened to the "rational actor" canard?
The EU is the main provider of financial support to Ukraine, the country which Russia is currently attempting to invade, along with one of the major provider of weapons and training.
Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal
#120I 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 su…
Mandate a battery backup. Instead of requiring the power suppliers to build and maintain reliable energy.
That is just shifting someone else's mistake into being my responsibility.