5 things needed during the power outage

Power comes out and nothing works. How should I go through the day?

It was a matter of millions of people on Monday, Spain and Portugal during the worst electric power outage.

We ask those who have spent a day without electricity what they have helped to help them in their lives and what blackouts they missed.

Paying by phone and cards became a standard, but in cities across Spain and Portugal, the queue was formed in a cash machine (at least the queue that is still in operation) as the store moved away from the card payment.

Madrid’s 26 -year -old Ed Rowe told the BBC, “We were able to pay coffee with a card when the power outage began.”

“All open restaurants were cash.”

Grace O’Leary, who lives in the capital of Spain, said that her and her mother had enough money to count coins and buy wine at the corner store.

“Cash is actually king.”

The 28 -year -old JAIME GIRGIO was lucky enough to have cash, so he could buy other necessities and other necessities.

“In Madrid, it was very confusing and there was no tube and could not take out cash.

“I had cash, but my reputation wasn’t so, so I had to rent money to buy things.”

When people spent their day without the Internet, whatsapp, telephone and TV, information blackouts occurred due to power power outages.

Daniel Clegg of Barcelona said, “The complete loss of communication was the most confused and about things.

The 42 -year -old boy said he looked at the sky to see if the plane was still flying because there was no information.

In the case of Siegfried and Christine Buschschluter, the old Windup Transistor Radio was adjusted to the local radio station, which helped to find out what’s happening after the phone was gone in a country house outside Spain’s capital.

The 82 -year -old Christine explained:

“This was a pretty strange situation. I was born in Berlin during the war and reminded me of the era of my parents trying to get news.”

The couple believes that the power outage will lead to the demand for radio that works with the battery.

It is also in Daniel’s shopping list. “I found out that I could not remember the essential kits to return to the basic communication.”

The microwave, air fryer and some hobs and ovens all require electricity.

But on Monday, food was not needed to be heated or prepared.

In the supermarket, shoppers have formed a necessity purchased from long lines and panic.

Actor Jaime said, “We bought a lot of foods that would not disappear like tuna in cans.

“The blackout lasts only one day and now has too many foods, but most of them will not be bad because they are easily preserved.”

Lesley Elder in the village of Fortuna in the southeastern Spain said: “It was harder than we thought when we tried to find foods that didn’t need to heat.

“So we ate ham and cheese for dinner.”

She would have helped to add some gas stoves to heat food in a pan.

Availing across the Iberian Peninsula, people turned to the candle to reveal the dark space with the candles.

Richard, a Spanish city of Al -Kala de Hen Ares, said that a single street light was not on when night fell.

“People were looking for the way by Torchlight. Especially, it was very surreal to see the dual cars, especially the view of my window in full black.”

“I could see it in the dark because I had a candle in my leisure time and had extra time.”

Sarah Baxter from Barcelona said that it heats food using a candlelight stove top.

“We were able to heat beans and rice and boil water for instant potatoes,” she said.

“It was much safer than the propane camping stove inside the apartment.”

Candles and naked fireworks can lead to fire risk.

People without power relied on having a battery on the device.

In Madrid, people waited outside the technology store and touched the power bank.

Luckily, in the case of Sarah, she had a solar charger and claimed to call for a 10 -hour power outage and the same with her elderly neighbors.

Leslie said her Kindle lacked batteries. “No TV, my cell phone has no scravel puzzles. So having two books would have helped me,” she said.

But for others, it was relief that I couldn’t access the Internet and devices.

Ed said, “It reminds me that everyone can rely greatly on technology and become more independent.

Hannah Steiner, a 23 -year -old apartment, said, “You don’t always have to connect with everyone.”

SARA Francisco, 24 -year -old Leiria, in central Portugal, said: “I think this is important to recognize us more and to be more conscious of our habits.”