Lithuania told me what you had to experience

Spanish train stations were full of dryness on Tuesday. In the morning, many travelers were waiting for the trains to get on the trains or buy tickets for travel tickets that were canceled on Monday. It was the biggest disappearance of electricity in the latest European history, shaking the Pyrenees Peninsula. People’s lives turned into chaos for several hours. This was also survived by a Lithuanian living in Portugal.

« I experienced the chaos that most of the Lisbon residents encountered – how to get home from work because trains did not work, it was very difficult to call the drivers, prices were huge, and taxi were giant queues, » said Portuguese Lithuanian S. Palčinskaitė.

It is now announced that the power supply has been restored, but on Tuesday people still felt disturbances. In the morning there was still part of the subway, just when people needed to go to work.

« I go to work at about 7 am, only about 9 pm started to operate in the subway. All people were on the bus, it was impossible to get on the bus because there were giant queues, giant traffic jams, some buses didn’t even stop at the stop, » said Portuguese Lithuanian.

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Electrical interference on Tuesday is also recorded in Spain. There were also information about donations.

« It is reported that the three died of carbon monoxide poisoning against generators, another woman died because of her oxygen electricity, maybe one of the fire, » said Lithuanian Ambassador to Spain Lyra Puišytė-Bostroem.

Millions of people in Spain, Portugal and part of France lost not only electricity but also telephone, internet, and some traffic lights, ATMs and shops did not work. Even on Tuesday, people get stuck in elevators.

« On Tuesday, there were interference in our work building, our offices – some of the electricity. The elevator did not work, I saw that people were trapped in the elevator and the guard tried to liberate them, » said Palčinskaitė.

The emergency services had the most work to save people from elevators on Monday. I had to rescue and unable to return home. Tens of thousands of people, unable to reach their beds after work, stayed in gyms or train stations on the floor. Rescuers carried them food, water and blankets. Airports also became a refuge for overnight stays.

« As we were at the airport, the work of all stores stopped, electricity disappeared. We didn’t know what to do, » said Renato Martins, a tourist from Brazil on Monday.

« As you can see, this is the influx of people, all thirsty, hungry – we can’t do anything, we are completely lost here, » said Angolas Stefania Caquiagia on Monday.

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On Tuesday, when Spain and Portugal had already been recovered after the chaos survived, the question was raised who was to blame for this phenomenon, disrupting over $ 60 million. people’s lives?

« We are not yet in control of that new electricity system. The Sun and Wind Power Plant on the Pyrenees’ Peninsula make up most of the electricity production. The wind may not blow, the sun may not be shown, the amount of production suddenly changes in the short term, and it is very important that the energy expert Vidmantas Jankauskas said.

The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speculated on Monday that the disaster was due to a rare atmospheric phenomenon and temperature fluctuations, although the Portuguese operator denied the version on Tuesday.

« Politicians raise the question of energy independence, because it is clear that the problem arose because Portugal is very closely related to Spain, » said Palčinskaitė.

The Spanish prime minister asked the public to refrain from speculation. According to him, this was not a cyber attack. However, the Spanish court, on the contrary, began investigating the version of sabotage – cyber terrorism is now one of the possible explanations. Spanish Prime Minister P. Sanchez and King Philip VI on Tuesday met with a security council and discussed electricity supply disorders and could be prevented in the future.