Hopefully everything goes back to normal soon.
I think it's a good idea to always keep some cash just in case. I always do.

And matches to light it.

I have a very good phone with a long lasting battery that I'm very careful about. I only need to charge it for about 30 minutes per day, even with heavy use.

…there’s a media story this morning saying that a couple and adult son 'died from carbon monoxide poisoning after using generator' during the Spain-Portugal blackout…


‘The elderly married couple and their son were reportedly found dead at their home in Ourense, in northwest Spain, around midday on Tuesday.

Local reports pointed to carbon monoxide poisoning as responsible for their deaths.

Europa Press, citing sources in the emergency services, said the couple were aged 81 and 77, and their son was 56.

It quoted local mayor Alvaro Vila as saying there were "indications" the poisoning came about due to faults from a generator used to keep a ventilator going.

When a care worker couldn't get access to the property, the civil guard and the fire department were called.’…

How very sad

Britain’s electricity grid operator is investigating unexplained power plant failures that hit the UK’s system hours before Spain and Portugal were plunged into blackouts.

Control room staff at the National Energy System Operator (Neso) observed unusual activity on Sunday that saw the power frequency shift unexpectedly in the early morning and the evening.

Keeping the frequency of the electricity system within certain limits is vital to keeping the lights on.

The first event began at around 2am with a power failure at the Keadby 2 gas-fired power plant in Lincolnshire, followed by the unexplained failure of the Viking Link interconnector between the UK and Denmark.

At around 6pm, the frequency shifted unexpectedly again – with the cause currently unknown.

Neso, the quango that manages the British grid, confirmed to The Telegraph on Tuesday morning that officials were investigating.

A spokesman did not provide further details but said there was currently no suggestion that the power failures were linked to each other or the massive system failures that occurred on Monday throughout Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France.

Such investigations are standard practice whenever there is an unexplained power cut on the grid.

The Telegraph

…there was another death of a woman in an apartment in Madrid, which atm is being reported as being caused by a candle burning…again can be associated to the blackout and need for a candle to be used…

people don't understand the frequency or seriousness of the cyber attacks that are attempted against the uk every day. It's constantly probing for weakness

Bound to happen,
sad news.

[Britain’s electricity grid operator is investigating
unexplained power plant failures that hit the UK’s system
hours before Spain and Portugal were plunged into blackouts.]

Yes, they need to report the true facts.