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Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by Smug in Boots, Apr 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM.

  1. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    … with airports closed and major disruption ensuing.

    Police have issued a photo-fit of a pasty-faced Sheffield man believed to be the culprit.

    “Huge power outages have hit large parts of Spain and Portugal. Airports have lost power, traffic lights and phone lines are down, the Madrid underground has been evacuated and trains have been stopped.”

    https://news.sky.com/story/spain-po...hts-not-working-and-phone-lines-down-13357538
     
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    Smug in Boots, Apr 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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    Aren't the team in Portugal? Not great.
     
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    SourPatch2, Apr 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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    Do we know if the team are already in Portugal, might be an idea to side step this and spain:emoticon-0108-speec
     
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    TonyG, Apr 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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    Snaggey Well-Known Member

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    Does that pasty faced Sheffield man look uncannily like this?

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    Snaggey, Apr 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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    :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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    TonyG, Apr 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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    Already there by private jet…no worries for us with this!
     
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    Brainy Dose, Apr 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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    Get them on bikes to generate the power l
     
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    Bucky1989, Apr 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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    Wilder?
     
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    Blond Bombshell, Apr 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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    Yeah my friend messaged our group chat this morning asking if I and a few others based in Belgium and Denmark had power. We were like yeah.. why wouldn’t we? Then he told us what had happened, apparently it was pretty much all of Portugal and a lot of Spain. Locals were saying Russian cyber-attack at first, I said I don’t think anyone cares enough about Portugal to attack you :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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    WorkyTicketFTM, Apr 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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    My eldest and her mates are due to fly to Faro early tomorrow morning :angry:
     
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    Montysoptician, Apr 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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    My son is going to Alicante tomorrow am. Told him to get a back up plan.
     
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    ISOE II, Apr 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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    I assume air traffic control has a little back up genny round the back somewhere <laugh>
     
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    Smug in Boots, Apr 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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    I just had a look at arrivals for Faro, quite a few landed today so hopefully they will both get to their destination safely <ok>
     
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    Montysoptician, Apr 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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    More get to Amsterdam or Berlin. He deserves a break.
     
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    ISOE II, Apr 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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    Flights look like they’re going!
     
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    ISOE II, Apr 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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