Did Paris Have A Power Outage? Here’s What We Know
An unconfirmed video is circulating the internet, showing some parts of Paris in complete darkness. Authorities called this incident a coordinated sabotage aimed at disrupting the Paris Olympic Opening Ceremony. Meanwhile, the Olympic Opening Ceremony has suffered great admonition due to their recreation of the Last Supper which many Christians have perceived as a religious mockery.
Nobody is coming out to claim responsibility for the attack and none has been arrested. One of the social media users made a point where part of the city fell into darkness, the light from the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus continued to shine brightly. However, the electrical disruption seems to have been brought about by the torrential rain that fell a day towards the Olympic ceremony.
VARIOUS CONTROVERSIES AROUND THE OLYMPIC CEREMONY
The video clip has gotten various angry reactions from netizens as part of the event featured a man painted in blue which the Olympics games called – the interpretation of the Greek god Dionysus – the fertility god who has no connection with the Last Supper. Many French Catholic churches and leaders have expressed their disgust calling the representation as gross mockery to Christianity. A French role actor and singer– Katherine Philippe tried to wave aside the critics saying it wouldn’t be any fun if there wasn’t any controversy to talk about…
Aside from the ceremony’s blasphemy, the Paris Olympic has several problems with the Arson attack on the French railway network which has caused major delays and has affected more than 800,000 passengers due to fire at critical facilities. Various sports activities have been forced to be postponed due to the worsening condition caused by the heavy downpour. Amidst these difficulties, the Olympic games has been able to gather a 28.6 million audience to watch the game.
DID PARIS HAVE A POWER OUTAGE?
Reports are yet to be confirmed. Amidst the compounded problems of Paris city, the issues of power outage have been the most talked about. The widespread of images and videos circulating several reports claim Paris has been hit by major power outage amid Olympics 2024 events by the heavy downpour.
