Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Mass attack hits cities overnight as Ukrainians brace for 50 more days of Russian terror — Ukrainian startup says its drones could work on their own by year’s end, thanks to AI — Russian agent caught ‘red-handed’ planting explosives in Rivne apartment building — 5 killed, 53 injured in Ukraine as Russia strikes hospitals, residential areas across country … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/wednesday-july-16-2025/
WaPo: Much of U.S. at heightened risk for summer power outages, regulator warns
A large swath of the United States is facing a heightened risk of blackouts this summer, a perennial danger as electricity use soars and extreme weather tests the nation’s aging power grid, according to the regulatory authority that monitors the electricity system. (paywall)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/14/power-grid-electricty-climate-blackouts/
What we know about Monday’s sweeping power outage in Spain and Portugal https://www.byteseu.com/968822/ #BobMarshall #business #ClimateAndEnvironment #EduardoPrieto #GeneralNews #GraziaTodeschini #PedroSanchez #Portugal #PowerOutages #RenewableEnergy #Spain #Technology #WorldNews
Power outage in Spain and Portugal still a mystery, but leaders vow to solve it and prevent a recurrence https://www.byteseu.com/967889/ #electricity #EuropeanUnion #Portugal #PowerGrid #PowerOutage #PowerOutages #Russia #Spain
No power, no problem. How some in Spain and Portugal defied the outage and embraced the present https://www.byteseu.com/967616/ #barcelona #GeneralNews #Lisbon #Madrid #PowerOutages #Spain #WorldNews
Spain and Portugal investigate cause of huge power blackout https://www.byteseu.com/966673/ #APTopNews #business #EduardoPrieto #Fires #GeneralNews #IgaSwiatek #Madrid #MassTransit #PedroSanchez #Portugal #PowerOutages #RubnCarin #Spain #Tennis #TeresaRibera #WorldNews
Prime Minister expects power to be restored ‘in the next few hours’ https://www.byteseu.com/964374/ #AI #electricity #Enabled #exclude #ExcludeSmartFronts #fronts #highlights #Jornal #Montenegro #Negative #News #O #OJornal #outages #Overall #OverallNegative #Portugal #power #PowerOutages #smart #story #StoryHighlightsAIEnabled
Don't anybody say 'Climate Change' , our masters have told us to pretend it away as best we can....
The Oligarchs would hope people would be tearing into each by now in some lawless pit of violence but actually, people will adapt.
Major power outage in Spain and Portugal knocks out subway networks, traffic lights and ATMs https://www.byteseu.com/963184/ #America #APTopNews #barcelona #EduardoPrieto #EmmaBurrows #GeneralNews #JoeWilson #LuísMontenegro #Madrid #MarcBrandsma #MassTransit #MobileApps #OscarPuente #PedroSanchez #Portugal #PortugalGovernment #PowerOutages #Spain #SpainGovernment #TeresaRibera #Transportation #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #WorldNews
NBC 12 News (Arizona) 4/22/25
82-year-old APS customer died after power was shut off in May 2024
An 82-year-old woman died in May 2024 after her power was cut off on a very hot day. Her son and an advocate say this shows an issue with state policies.
Crews work to restore power after Puerto Rico blackout as officials seek answers https://www.byteseu.com/931783/ #AlexandriaOcasioCortez #America #business #ChrisWright #DanielHernndez #GeneralNews #HospitalityAndLeisureIndustry #HurricanesAndTyphoons #JosLuisRichardson #MedicalTechnology #PabloJosHernndez #PedroMelndez #PowerOutages #PuertoRico #RamnC.BarqunIII #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesGovernment #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #WashingtonNews #WorldNews
Just got back the generator I loaned out to an old Scouting friend, due to two weeks of PSPS shutdowns in the neighborhood. They're going to go try to put together their own battery system, so don't have any interesting in buying it or keeping it.
(Loud enough to wake the dead and attract zombies)
Gah
NWS Los Angeles with the purple again
With extreme fire weather and wind forecasted for Monday and Tuesday, NOW is the time to act! For wildfire preparedness guidance visit https://readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/
Repeating this advice: if you used your generator last week to keep power to your house in Southern California, it most likely needs an oil change. Do it before Monday. They need an oil change every 100 hours. 5w30 or 10w30 depending on your model, usually. #generators #backuppower #PSPS #poweroutages
Stop signs out and not blinking = 4 way stop (but you wouldn't think so based on the "full speed through intersections" I saw today). Lots of traffic accidents today... assume the other person is clueless! #PSPS #PowerOutages #blackout #FireWx #VenturaCounty #LosAngelesCounty
Current PSPS status in Ventura County
39,410 customers without power
98,505 customers who may be impacted by this event
24 circuits deenergized
14 imminent shutoffs
27 monitored
1/13/25 1330
More detail on the PSPS/Power Outages. Large parts of Moorpark, California remain shut off. The areas closest to the hills in Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park remain shut off, but some circuits have returned (including my own). Circuits in the hills of Simi also remain shut off. #PSPS #poweroutages #VenturaCounty #Moorpark #ThousandOaks #NewburyPark #ConejoValley
Essentially all of Thousand Oaks, Agoura, Simi, Moorpark are on notice of possible PSPS (Public Safety Power Shutoff) today and tomorrow---THREE ENTIRE CITIES. Charge up your batteries.
https://vcoes.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/e15ca0d2737d43cea6514043e61f1a7c
Hmm, it seems SCE has two entire neighborhoods around here swapped in terms of what circuit they are on (based on walking up a hill and comparing the circuit map vs. what is actually turned off). 
#PSPS #poweroutages
