This news made the headlines all over the world 3 days ago. Many of my blog readers and Facebook friends asked me about it so I will tell you what we went through.
We have our routine power cut everyday from 10AM to 1 PM and because I did not listen to the news I did not know what was happening. I have a battery powered inverter which supplies limited power to a fan and light bulb for a few hours.
At 4 PM when we still not get our lights back , I turned on the TV and heard of the massive power crisis which had hit most of northern India, affecting 19 states more than 600 million people. Three national grids had failed . They were overloaded as all these states were drawing much more excessive amount of electricity than what was allotted to them.
Without electricity life came to a standstill.
Hospitals were paralysed - specially the government run ones which don 't have adequate generators.
Businesses were disrupted
Offices shut down and people went home early.
Trains stopped running, passengers were stuck midway.
Don 't talk about the traffic lights.
Miners were trapped underground in Bengal state.
In some place s the Internet services were affected,
Airports were affected.
There was no water supply
In some states people spent a sleepless hot night - the old, sick and babies were most vulnerable.
I was very anxious by nightfall because I did not wan t to use up my emergency inverter battery. I turned off my fan and lights and sat out on the porch , fanning myself with a hand fan with Sheeba for company. I lit two kerosene lamps, but its scary to be alone in the dark. I sent text messages to my friends and called up my sisters - same story everywhere. I could not even listen to the news as my TV remote control got spoilt and I could not turn it on (I patched it up today, so its working now).
Praise God we got our lights back late night . We had some more cuts in the middle of the night , but my inverter held on.
This is all a result of mismanagement and corruption. Hope it never happens again.
You can read a BBC report HERE
16 Fertilize my soul:
Oh WoW! Blessings.
Dear Amrita,
I thought of you as I heard the news. Never expected you were so heavily struck though.
Good think you had Sheeba. It would have been even better if you had had good neighbours to visit.
Praying for you safety and well being.
From Felisol
We had a similar serious outage of power the beginning of July in my area of the US east coast. The sudden intense storm came through our area and people were without power for as along as week. A very serious condition. My husband and I were lucky - we only lost power for 3 days. It is amazing how dependent our societies are on electric power.
Very scary situation to be sure..thank the Lord the electricity was restored. Sounds like you and I did the same thing...when my electricity was off..I too sit on my porch with an oil lamp burning...glad you had your dear Sheba there to keep you company...hope it doesn't happen again.....blessings friend.
We were thinking about you here and hoping your were OK and not affected, sorry to hear you were but glad everything is back on and working. The things we take for granted, running water, light, fans.......
I felt that it was electricity. I thank God for this blessing.
It's a bit sobering to realise how much we depend on electricity.
But it's good to attached to a power source that never fails!
I've been thinking about you and praying for you throughout all of this.
glad the power is back on!!!!! and it's a good thing that you have the Lord to lean on during lifes power outages!!!!
Did you get to cook your dinner? It is always good to have clean water for drinking ready, some bread, fresh fruits and vegetables to eat. I believe these things are just an introduction to what is ahead for us in the whole world.
Stay safe, dear Amrita.
Love
Lidia
My Precious friends, thank you for youor prayers and concern for my welfare and my country too. These days we are having our regulat 3 to 4 hour cuts and they turn off the lights in a rain storm too, otherwise we are OK.
Brother David yo are right about being connected to the LIGHT SOURCE which never snaps off - Jesus.
Dear Lidj, (Crowb of Beauty)
I just finished off wha t I had coked in the afternoon, couldn 't cook in the dark Ha - ha!. I did OK
Good your power is back on. I know how hard that was because years ago we had power outages that lasted 12 hours everyday. It was crazy! Glad you're okay, amrita.
I've been praying for you having heard about the outage. Glad you weren't gravely effected but at the time, 10% of the worlds population was without power...that IS something, isn't it? Signs of the times we live in.....hugs from California
So glad to hear that things are back to normal for you and everyone affected.
I will continue to pray for your safety.
How beautiful that Sheba keeps you company. :) And smart thinking to have a kerosene lamp ready for emergencies.
God is so good. He was looking out for you! Love and blessings to you dear sister.
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