Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Well, that was weird
On Monday, there was a huge power outage across Spain, Portugal, and even a part of France. Subways shut down, traffic lights stopped working, and lights went out. The weird thing is that no one is really sure what caused it.
Officials are referring to it as a "systems collapse," which is usually driven by the demand side-- say, when a huge heat wave hits and everyone turns on the AC full blast at the same time. However, there was no such event.
And there is this: internet and phone service was affected, too.
The scary thing about this is that they don't know. Sadly, that seems to be the answer to too many things lately.
