CNN
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Luis Ibáñez Jiménez was driving on a highway in east Madrid when Spain lost power.
“Suddenly, there were no traffic lights,” the resident of the capital told CNN. Cars piled up, and nobody had right of way. “I was stopping so that people could pass… I saw a massive bus coming, and I had to accelerate a lot to go past it,” he said. “It was a bit of a jungle.”
Jiménez had just seen his entire country’s electrical supply wiped out in a matter of seconds. The lights went out in cities, villages, airports and train stations; computer screens and payment terminals shut to black in an instant. Confusion and concern coursed through Spain and…
