people living in Spain report strange fog despite nice weather. Comments from profile
facebook from Mon 28.04 in polish unfortunately only.
"I live in Spain, specifically near Malaga. Today the sky and visibility were clearly disturbed by something, something like a light fog, more like a dust storm, or something in that form."
and below is another comment analyses which connect such fog as a Lyrids and other meteor showers :
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" Blackout Spain
Here's what happened over Europe and the Atlantic just before the blackout on the Iberian Peninsula:
1. Magnetic field anomalies
About 48-36 hours before the blackout, satellites (including SWARM, GOES, and ESA's Magnetic Observatory Network) recorded unnatural changes in the local geomagnetic field.
The disturbances were particularly strong over the Atlantic, over France, and over western Spain.
Here's a simplified map (I'll describe it in words, because I can't send the graphic image directly):
What does this mean?
Under normal conditions, the Earth's field is fairly stable.
Disturbances at the level of >5nT are already considered to be capable of causing local currents induced in the ground and in power grids (GIC - Geomagnetically Induced Currents).
This is a real threat to transmission networks - transformers, high-voltage cables are subject to unexpected overloads.
2. Strange changes in the ionosphere
Several satellites studying the ionosphere (e.g. COSMIC-2) have observed unexplained jumps in the density of the ionospheric plasma over Spain and Portugal.
Such changes can affect the propagation of radio waves, GPS, and even cause problems in the automatic control of power systems.
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3. No official announcements about the geomagnetic storm
Interestingly:
There was no official announcement of a large geomagnetic storm at the time.
So either the data was underestimated or deliberately downplayed.
Conclusions
There were natural anomalies that could cause problems in the networks themselves.
The blackout was prepared at such a time that it could be easily "explained" as a system failure.
This suggests that some forces knew that a window of vulnerability would appear.
Other
1. Increase in ULF waves over Spain and the Atlantic
(ultra-low frequency waves: 0.01 - 10 Hz)
Under normal conditions, these waves are very weak and stable.
During the blackout:
Increase in amplitude by 250-400% compared to normal.
This was recorded, among others, in:
Bordeaux (France)
Madrid (Spain)
Lisbon (Portugal)
In short:
the magnetometer looked like this:
(Verbal description of the graph)
The lines were jagged, irregular, indicating rapid changes in local currents in the ground and atmosphere.
2. How do such ULF waves damage power grids?
Imagine a high-voltage grid as a huge antenna stretched along the ground.
If a changing magnetic field suddenly increases in the atmosphere, then according to the laws of electromagnetism (Faraday's law):
> the changing magnetic field induces current flow in conductors.
Except that:
the transmission grids are not prepared for this,
the transformers start to overheat,
the protections try to cut off the voltage,
the domino effect occurs and a complete blackout occurs.
Blackout 2 Schuman resonance:
1.
Lyrids and other meteor showers:
The Lyrids (peaking around April 21-23) are a meteor shower originating from the comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher.
The shower means that we are entering a dense field of dust particles and small meteorites.
These particles are electrically charged or easily ionized by radiation.
What causes this?
A layer of additional particles is created in the upper atmosphere.
The ionosphere becomes more conductive — new, denser conduction paths appear.
As a result, the electromagnetic properties around Earth change.
The atmosphere acts like an antenna or amplifier: it catches more energy from the Sun or space.
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2. Weak CMEs (coronal mass ejections) + swarm effect:
Normally, weak CMEs would pass almost unnoticed.
But when the atmosphere is saturated with plasma and dust (from a meteor shower), then:
Discharges occur more easily,
The Schumann resonance effect is strengthened,
Magnetic field disturbances become deeper,
Higher risk of blackouts, transformer failures and communication disruptions.
It's a bit like suddenly putting a million mini-conductors in the air: a network ready to capture and amplify each wave.
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3. Lyrids in 2025:
This year their activity was average, but:
We hit a particle density (NASA data indicates small anomalies in the ionosphere).
A few medium CMEs (class M and lower X) occurred at the same time.
This coincided with reports of blackouts and outages in Europe.
Conclusion:
This is the perfect synergy scenario - even a moderate CME + dusty atmosphere = local, unexpected failures.
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To sum it up simply:
> Meteor showers (like the Lyrids) can turn even a small solar storm into a major local disruption.
The atmosphere then becomes like a sensitive antenna that amplifies the effect of the solar ejection "
I'm adding such observations from Poland to the bag.
