{"id":75036,"date":"2025-04-29T08:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=75036"},"modified":"2025-05-12T23:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T03:31:48","slug":"anomalous-temperature-event-caused-massive-european-blackout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/anomalous-temperature-event-caused-massive-european-blackout\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Anomalous&#8217; Atmospheric Event Caused Massive European Blackout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"422\">Spain, Portugal, and parts of southern France suffered major blackouts on Monday, affecting up to <strong data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"248\">50 million people<\/strong>. The outages disrupted <strong data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"317\">transportation (metros, trains, airports)<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"361\">telecommunications (broadband, mobile)<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"363\" data-end=\"374\">banking<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"399\">traffic systems<\/strong> across both nations.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"1071\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"534\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"534\">Airports like Madrid-Barajas and Barcelona faced <strong data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"484\">delays<\/strong>; metro networks shut down in Madrid and Lisbon.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"652\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"652\">Spain\u2019s cyber-security agency (INCIBE) is also investigating whether a <strong data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"624\">cyber-attack<\/strong> might have been involved.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"886\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"886\">However, the primary explanation given by Portugal\u2019s grid operator (REN) and Spain\u2019s operator (Red El\u00e9ctrica) blames a <strong data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"807\">\u201crare atmospheric phenomenon\u201d<\/strong> that caused <strong data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"848\">&#8220;anomalous oscillations&#8221;<\/strong> in the high-voltage electricity grid.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"1019\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"889\" data-end=\"1019\">Recovery efforts were underway by the afternoon, but <strong data-start=\"942\" data-end=\"965\">full grid stability<\/strong> could take up to <strong data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"993\">a week<\/strong> to restore across Europe.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1020\" data-end=\"1071\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1071\">Gibraltar and the Canary Islands were unaffected.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1173\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This recalls the historic aurora borealis<\/span> of 1938 that Fatima seer Lucia dos Santos said was the &#8220;great sign&#8221; predicted in the three famous secrets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1173\">The \u201crare atmospheric phenomenon\u201d refers to:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1844\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1297\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1297\"><strong data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1207\">Drastic temperature changes<\/strong> causing <strong data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1238\">unusual variations<\/strong> (oscillations) in the <strong data-start=\"1261\" data-end=\"1296\">high-voltage transmission lines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1298\" data-end=\"1424\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1300\" data-end=\"1424\">These oscillations <strong data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1355\">destabilized the synchronization<\/strong> of the interconnected European power grid across multiple countries.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1425\" data-end=\"1637\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1427\" data-end=\"1637\">This led to <strong data-start=\"1439\" data-end=\"1468\">massive power disruptions<\/strong> because modern power grids must stay precisely synchronized (frequency around 50 Hz in Europe). Even small anomalies in synchronization can cause <strong data-start=\"1615\" data-end=\"1636\">cascading outages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1638\" data-end=\"1844\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1640\" data-end=\"1844\"><strong data-start=\"1640\" data-end=\"1700\">Authorities called it an \u201cinduced atmospheric variation\u201d<\/strong>, meaning the sudden and extreme atmospheric shifts (like sharp heating or cooling fronts) disrupted the grid\u2019s physical and electrical balance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"2067\">It wasn&#8217;t a solar storm or lightning strike, but rather <strong data-start=\"1918\" data-end=\"1968\">rapid temperature-induced air pressure changes<\/strong> that physically and electrically stressed the grid in an abnormal way, causing widespread failure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"signs\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1745915652\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"&#8216;Anomalous&#8217; Atmospheric Event Caused Massive European Blackout\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain, Portugal, and parts of southern France suffered major blackouts on Monday, affecting up to 50 million people. 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