Dockside Chat - Second blackout in India in two days leaves 670 million without power

Now that's a blackout!!! :o

http://news.yahoo.com/even-wider-blackouts-sweep-india-second-day-090157631.html

So many thoughts running through my mind I can'tput one in writing.

Sorry but I spent all of my tears last week on another matter......what are they going to do in 10 to 25 years when their population doubles or triples?

well, there goes the 4 hours i intended on spending with "Bob", the Allstate customer service rep!

well, there goes the 4 hours i intended on spending with "Bob", the Allstate customer service rep!

:rofl:

Yup lots of people will be without customer service today!

That's about double the population of the entire US if I'm not mistaken....and puts it into perspective.

Someone turned the switch to off:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518sbdVyTkL.jpg

wonder where new delhi power and lights call center is? Whats a cheaper country? Thailand?
and do those folks speak english, or maybe Britsh english?

yes, we are aware of your problem and I am sorry you were on hold for 12 hours. Go into your circuit breaker box and reset the main breaker. We are certain the problem is with your equipment as no one else is having a problem. Please call back tomorrow.
thank you for choosing us as your national power company - goodbye.

"Two hundred miners were stranded in three deep coal shafts in the state of West Bengal when their electric elevators stopped working. Eastern Coalfields Limited official Niladri Roy said workers at the mines, one of which is 700 meters (3,000 feet) deep, were not in danger and were being taken out."

Gee, same as coal mining here in the US, where a human life is worth less than the cost of a back-up power generator.

"Two hundred miners were stranded in three deep coal shafts in the state of West Bengal when their electric elevators stopped working. Eastern Coalfields Limited official Niladri Roy said workers at the mines, one of which is 700 meters (3,000 feet) deep, were not in danger and were being taken out."

Gee, same as coal mining here in the US, where a human life is worth less than the cost of a back-up power generator.

agree.
elevators dont require huge amounts of electricity either.

Control-alt-delete

Staggering to comprehend that 10% of the WORLD's population just lost electricity.

HaHaHa! That's some funny shit right there!

That's what happens when you close coal plants.

If you travel to those countries it is not unexpected. Our accountant just returned from his vacation in India with his family. We both laughed about how big of a deal that is being made.

Local residents climb up the poles or reach from their windows into these rats nests and hook themselves up all the time

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Be Thankful for what you have folks.

Local residents climb up the poles or reach from their windows into these rats nests and hook themselves up all the time

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Be Thankful for what you have folks.


Amen. :thumbsup:

Seabob could straighten that out.

I guess it will be another train wreck tomorrow

U.S. population = 300 million
Indians with no power = 670 million

wow

If we keep paying our population to have children, what do you think this country will look like in 50-100 years?

And you thought the Dell call center was slow BEFORE?

If we keep paying our population to have children, what do you think this country will look like in 50-100 years?
All the more reason for sex education and easy access to birth control information.

Someway somehow this is all going to lead to gas prices sky rocketing here in the US... :banghead: