The president of the Valencian Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, who will go down in history as the one who failed to appear during the DANA storm, explained to the commission investigating his inaction during the deadly flash flood that he went from the restaurant (now with a name that, unfortunately for the owners, is unbearable) to the Palau de la Generalitat, without bodyguards and without going home. "And why didn't the phone ring at 7:10 p.m. and 7:37 p.m. for Regional Minister Pradas?" asked Compromís deputy Àgueda Micó. "Perhaps I was walking and had my phone in my backpack," he replied.
Nowadays—and I sometimes find it appalling—everyone has their mobile phone glued to their hand. Everyone. On the street, crossing traffic lights, with friends or partners, with their children beside them, on bicycles, in the car. Chatting (whether paid or not) at work, at home watching movies. Walking down the street, going from one place to another, waiting for someone, or arriving at a meeting. Just to say "I'm here," to ask "where are you," to say "I'm running late." That he had his phone "in his backpack" at that precise moment, when it was already known what was happening, has only one explanation. Was the weather bad while he was walking without his phone? Why was he traveling without bodyguards?
Everyone carries their phone in much more trivial situations. In chaotic moments, even if it's just to record, everyone has it in their hand. The explanation I come up with is horrifying: it has to do with how poorly some people consider food. The question that can't wait any longer, and which can explain why this phone was in the backpack, is this: what did they eat and drink? Only with the detailed receipt will we know if what happened was reckless imprudence. If they had been drinking Vichy wine, we would already know. How was he, alone, during that fateful journey?
