When The Grid Goes Down
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Madrid and Lisbon have had their power cut:
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c9wpq8xrvd9t
Public Enemy with "GRID", featuring Cypress Hill and George Clinton, from their 2020 album "What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?":
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo-UTkdTvbw&pp=ygUkUHVibGljIGVuZW15IHdoZW4...
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Spain, Portugal and part of
Spain, Portugal and part of France have no power and there has been no reason given. Maybe there has by now.
I watch tennis, the Madrid Open was canceled for the day/night after only 2 matches and hopes to return early morning tomorrow, our time. It was the whole countries, not just the big cities, and it seems the power is coming on in some areas. Just about everything beside some hospitals is closed. Stay tuned.
Because all of the ATP and WTA tournaments now have electronic line calling, no people involved, matches could not continue. Indoor courts, dark locker rooms, etc. Some tennis players who usually have transportation are walking back to their hotels, some an hour and a half away, carrying their heavy bags of rackets and supplies. No ATM's and many travelers don't carry cash.
(This is something to remember here in the U.S., where earthquakes and other natural disasters, man made disasters like police actions or energy provider takeovers or whatever that might look like - keep some cash around if you can.)
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It's 10:40 PM in Madrid and
It's 10:40 PM in Madrid and players report that the power is has started to come on. I don't know about anywhere else.
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Reuters and others report: It
Reuters and others report: It was possible the blackout had been caused by a "very large oscillation in electrical voltage, first in the Spanish system, which then spread to the Portuguese system",
USA Today: the cause may have been something called "induced atmospheric vibration," a rare phenomenon where weather changes affect power lines.
I've never heard of this phenomemon in power lines...
Others reported the same thing but most said the cause is under investigation.
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We had an osprey electrocute
We had an osprey electrocute itself and start a fire while building a nest today on top of a utility pole, knocked out service for a few thousand of us for a few hours.
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I had a light bulb go out.
I had a light bulb go out.
Luckily I had a spare.
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How many Surfdead's did it
How many Surfdeads did it take to change that light bulb?
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How many hippies does it take
How many hippies does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None. There's no room to screw - in a light bulb.
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How many Deadheads does it
How many Deadheads does it take to screw in a light bulb?
What's a light bulb??
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None. There's no room to
None. There's no room to screw - in a light bulb.
^^depends on the drugs
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i usually screw in hot tubs,
i usually screw in hot tubs, Imagine when they shut down the WWW!.we'll all be screwed. now wouldn't we.