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The entire peninsula has no power at all? How on earth does that happen?
I hope everyone’s safe.
Europe has a highly interconnected grid. Usually that works in everyone’s favor by providing much better stability than smaller grids. It appears there are ways to take down the entire grid too though.
Extreme weather phenomenon. Something about a wave reveberation.
We are. But thank you for the concern.
Today’s episode of “Malfunction or Moscow?”
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15:31 : Ribera says that nothing points to the blackout in Spain and Portugal being intentional
The vice president of the European Commission (EC) for the Clean Transition, Teresa Ribera, says that the blackout recorded in Spain and Portugal is one of the “most important” in recent years and points out that nothing allows us to think that it has been intentional. “There is nothing that allows us to make us think that there is anything intentional,” Ribera also said in statements to the press. (EFE)
Speculation is fun, but … :)
Thanks! Yeah it’s important to stick to the evidence. Otherwise it’ll seem like cyber attacks are much more prevalent than they actually are which helps Putin. But it’s hard not to have that initial reaction when hearing about fires and blackouts in Europe lately.
Both Spanish and Portugese officals have been talking about the possibility of a cyber attack. The fact that hours later we do not know what happened makes that unforunatly a possibility.
And introducing guest star “… Washington!?”
I wouldn’t rule out Beijing either. They always got a folding chair somewhere.
i thought spain and china are on good terms, or at least compared to most other eu countries
I don’t know about their relationship, I just know that chinese tech took root too deep in too much critical infrastructure in Europe.
Spain wouldn’t be a primary target and if they would be in their national grid they would most likely hide there until they have a reason for using it (like put pressure or take revenge). Russia on the other hand has already been proven to sabotage stuff in the EU, their main goal being creating chaos and unrest. If it would be either of them, I think Russia is by far a more likely culprit. But let’s not jump to conclusions too fast either. You are right China is capable of causing something like this.
Whatever the cause, this doesn’t look good. About 60 million people without power.
At least in Valencia there’s cell service, as I was able to WhatsApp some family there to check on them.
Some cell towers have battery backups.
Damn squirrels
