It was actually pretty cool to bike through the streets. It all felt so calm. Stores/restaurants closed, no traffic lights, little traffic.

Parks were full of people. Literally chilling, walking dogs. Most weren't on their phones either (no service).

I used to live in an area that regularly had power outages during thunderstorms. I was also once in London during a power cut that took out most of the city centre. It was a strange experience, but not as weird as walking through empty streets in the time of covid.

Maybe just my perception, but power outages seem to be getting rarer with time, though when they do happen they seem to be far larger.

We had one in my country when I was a kid 30 years ago after a substation tripped and took down the rest of the grid. We broke out the candles and chilled I guess. Power was back up in my area that same night.

Well, maybe you can see one now, depending on how far from Spain you live!

In Japan, sometimes earthquakes will cause regional power outages, though they are usually recovered quickly.

I was living in Chile during its 2010 earthquake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake). The power outage in my hometown lasted approximately two weeks.

Has not happened to me yet in Hong Kong, even through 2 Typhoon Signal 10s.

Hopefully there won't be any loss of life due to this event.