#europe

[ranfanblog]

[squisim]

Southern Europe right now:

WELCOME TO THE DARK AGES!!!

[ghostflowerdreams]

I've been watching European news channels, and there's been a massive power outage across Spain, Portugal, and southern France. The only reason some stations were even able to report on it was because they had generators to keep their broadcasts running and update the public. No one knows the cause yet — some suspect a cyberattack, while others believe it could be a climatological event.

Restoring electricity is the top priority, since nearly everything depends on it.

Cell phones aren't working, not even landlines, and there's no Wi-Fi either. There are no traffic lights, no trains, and no metro service. People have been trapped for hours in elevators and on trains. Hospitals are struggling to keep their backup generators running. Airports are at a standstill, and travelers can't even book hotels, leaving them stranded.

Nearly all the stores are closed because cash registers (and security system) won't work without electricity, so people can't buy food, candles, batteries, or even gasoline. Some people can't even access ATMs, and without cash on hand, they're fucked. And of course, food is spoiling in homes, stores, and restaurants, and with no way to heat it, many are being forced to eat it cold.

I can only imagine how much worse it would be if this had happened during extreme winter or summer temperatures, when staying warm or cool would be critical.

This situation really shows how unprepared most people are if something even worse were to happen. It's not a big deal if the power is out for an hour or two, but 10+ hours? That's a different story. This is why it's so important to have an emergency bag or stash. Make sure it includes a first-aid kit, flashlights, candles, fire starters, blankets, canned food, and water — along with a portable radio, ideally one that charges by solar power or a hand crank instead of batteries.

Seriously, it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

[herpsandbirds]

Barn Owl (Tyto alba), fledgling chick hauling ass across a lawn, as it was learning to fly, family Tytonidae, order Strigiformes, Netherlands

photograph by Hannie Heere

[rosieandthemoon]

[wgm-beautiful-world]

ART NOUVEAU PORTES

[allthingseurope]

Madrid, Spain (by Pietra Cruz)

[hopefulkidshark]

Venice Carnival, Italy: The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy, famous throughout the world for its elaborate costumes and masks. The Carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday, which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. According to legend, the Carnival of Venice began after the military victory of the Venetian Republic over the patriarch of Aquileia, Ulrich II, in the year 1162. In honour of this, the people started to dance and gather in St Mark's Square. It lasts for 10 days, usually starting at the end of January or beginning of February. Masks have always been an important feature of the Venetian Carnival. Wikipedia

[nekotaetae]

How many of us Europeans don't have electricity? I'm in Spain and no one in the country has It and I have no idea what's going on.

[trinity-trouble]

[id:

A screenshot of a post in Spanish in Bluesky, with an attached image of a bunch of people in a crowded street hearing a radio held by a tree, that says (translated):

"The worst part of the blackout has been the lack of information.

A neightbor has solved this by hanging his battery-powered radio from a tree to inform people in the street."

/end id]

just saw this and man sometimes i fucking love humanity

[bunnyboo6801]

📚

Cuypers Library, Amsterdam

[herpsandbirds]

Ground Beetle (Carabus ulrichii), family Carabidae, Bulagaria

photograph by Айдън Асанов

[allthingseurope]

Tenerife, Spain

[vintageeurope]

Edinburgh, Scotland 1850/80

[the-beatch]

I mean this is true and slay, put us europeans in our place, we arent the center of the universe

But like also, as a Swede, I live in the middle of Sweden (or the northern part if you ask most swedes) and like my sister, who also lives in Sweden is a 12 hour train ride or 10+ hour car ride from here and my girlfriend is a 7 hour train/car ride from here and she lives in what some would call the middle of the country too hahaha

You shouldn’t date or become serious friends/partners with someone if you can’t stomach the thought of being stuck in a car or train with them for 16 hours.