There is currently no power in the Iberian Peninsula. It has been going for about 9 hours now. Yet on Lemmy, I feel like no one talk about this huge international event.

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[–] 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yet on Lemmy, I feel like no one talk about this huge international event.

Maybe because the people that are affected don't have power.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Maybe because the people that are affected don’t have power.

    Can confirm - we just got our power back (I’m in Lisbon). We had internet access for the first hour or so, but after that we were offline for several hours. Most of my family (outside of Lisbon) are still unreachable.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's right. We spent most day in Spain without power, internet or cellphones. The only working news source was the good old FM radio.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My emergency kit has a radio with AM / FM / NOAA (emergency weather broadcasts in the USA) and a hand crank to charge its battery for exactly this reason.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I always consider buying a hand cranked FM radio for Hurricane season, but always talk myself out of it. I think you just inspired me to finally just do it.

    Have you heard anything about what might have caused the drop in power?

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