Lights Out, Memes On: Spain And Portugal Blackout Sparks Online Laughter
Power Outage in Spain, Portugal: Chaos erupted at supermarkets, metro stations, and roads as the electricity suddenly went off.
Spain and Portugal have been hit by a massive power outage, which affected the lives of people. Trains stopped midway, traffic lights were shut off, and chaos hit supermarkets and airports as the blackout plunged large areas into darkness, disrupting daily life and causing widespread confusion.
Meanwhile, netizens started a meme fest online, with several sharing hilarious memes about the power outage.
One netizen shared a GIF that shows a man calling the engineers and asking them if they tried turning it off and on again.
Infrastructure engineers in Spain and Portugal rn. pic.twitter.com/350cDRe5Yn — David Shapiro ⏩ (@DaveShapi) April 28, 2025
Another netizen shared people coming down from escalator in a large number to confirm the outage. 'Everyone from Spain and Portugal coming to ???? to confirm the blackout," read the caption.
Everyone from Spain and Portugal coming to ???? to confirm the blackout pic.twitter.com/6bDEJxwkuh — Venus 🌕 (@invincible39) April 28, 2025
'NO ELETRICITY IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN, GUYS IT'S THE END TIMES," one social media user wrote.
NO ELETRICITY IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN, GUYS IT'S THE END TIMES pic.twitter.com/npbpK4cnLh — quelby reading yuwu 1 (@fujosunu) April 28, 2025
'I can't believe that things requiring electricity will stop working with a power outage," one user wrote jokingly.
'Spain has lost power! I think we left our PS5s on," said one user.
España se ha quedado sin luz! Creo que nos dejamos las PS5 encendidas en @GemAwardsInfo 🫣 pic.twitter.com/wfCK1KlKX8 — Nash Weedle 💎 (@NWeedle) April 28, 2025
Meanwhile, several videos shared online showed how the lives of people were drastically affected. People were seen turning on the flashes of their phones in supermarkets as the power suddenly went off. The power outage also disrupted servers and digital services, further impacting people's online activities. One video shared on X showed a huge crowd at the railway station as train operations remained suspended due to the power outage.
In Madrid, traffic piled up on the roads after the lights went out. 'I was driving and suddenly there was no traffic lights… It was a bit of a jungle. I saw a massive bus coming, and I had to accelerate a lot to go past it" Luis Ibáñez Jiménez told CNN.
While the exact cause behind the power outage is not yet clarified, it has massively affected people across Spain and Portugal.
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