The Iberian Cut

Jamón, is that you?

On 28 April, 2025, Spain and Portugal suffered a massive power outage that cut the electricity supply to the entirety of both countries. This, is most definitely how the day unfolded.

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12:35 - In going to make my fourth coffee for the morning, I find that the coffee machine won’t come on and I assume that there’s a power outage in the village.

12:45 - Via surfing social media and seeing friends in Barcelona complaining about the outage, it becomes readily clear it’s Catalunya-wide as the authorities never, ever let the lights go out in Barcelona.