What happened to the Hungarian children during the Portuguese power outage?
- Due to a power outage, life has stopped in France, Spain and Portugal
- The Hungarian couple was in a training camp in Portugal during the big power break
- Gradually everything in the country disappeared, the shops were empty, with huge rows snake in front of the ATMs
Uncertainty
« Uncertainty was the worst, » said Andrea Kropkó, the feeling that was powerful when all her relationships interrupted with her two children, Martin and Martha. The Olympic Frame Member Triathloning Brotherhood was in Portugal at a training camp when the big power outage came in, which has paralyzed all southern Europe. Virtually stopped life in France, In Spain and in Portugal, when actually still inexplicable in an inexplicable The electricity service has ceased. The young people were about to cycle when their mother noticed that something was wrong with them.
« When they go to workout, you can follow a transmitter to exactly where they are, and I used to pay attention to this, » said Andrea, a worried mother. – They started at 10 o’clock in the morning and it seemed that the sign was coming. When they set off, they didn’t say goodbye, and even though I wrote a message to them, it seemed they didn’t get it. Then a message came from them later that they were already in the swimming pool.
The brothers’ mom was increasingly worried, especially after the news of a power outage that paralyzed several countries has begun to spread at home. Early in the afternoon it was not possible to make a phone call, the lines were breaking. Then came the uncertainty.
« I was most afraid and afraid of what would happen if panic breaks out throughout the country? » said Andrea Kropkó. « Of course the Portuguese people are peaceful people, but we didn’t know what was happening there. » I planned that if we couldn’t contact the kids the next morning, I would sit in the car and leave for them.
Fright
In retrospect, after their mother finally contacted the brothers, it turned out that people were frightened there. The young people said that everything in the country was gradually disappearing. There were huge lines in front of the ATMs, everyone wanted to take their money out of their account. The shops were empty: they bought everything to the last broccoli, everything stopped, and even traffic lights didn’t work.
– Whoever knew helped the children in the training camp. Their coach brought them water, but the locals also suggested to collect food and drink, because no one knew how long this condition would last, the mother explained.
By now, the order in the country has been restored, and since then Martin and Martha have been launched for the World Cup in China.