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We have the power, not!

  • 31-07-2012 3:18pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Hundreds of millions without power in India




    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19060279

    Hundreds of millions of people have been left without electricity in northern and eastern India after a massive power breakdown.
    More than half the country has been left without power after three grids collapsed - one for a second day.
    Hundreds of trains have come to a standstill and hospitals are running on backup generators.
    The country's power minister has blamed the crisis on states drawing too much power from the national grid.
    The breakdowns in the northern, eastern, and north-eastern grids mean around 600m people have been affected in 20 of India's states.


    The biggest power cut in the world - ever!


    I wonder how all those Indian call centres & IT support houses are doing right now.


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  • #2
    Diapason
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭Diapason


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I wonder how all those Indian call centres & IT support houses are doing right now.

    Give them a call. Tell them they have a virus.


  • #3
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    But where will my chicken korma come from now?


  • #4
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Jesus ****ing Christ, that's more than half a billion people with out power. :eek:
    Hello dark ages...


  • #5
    John Doe1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    This is a sign from the one true god to repent


  • #6
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    Al Qaeda I suppose. *Shakes fist*


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  • #7
    LaVail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭LaVail


    But how will they toast all those sandwiches in new Delhi?


  • #8
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    John Doe1 wrote: »
    This is a sign from the one true god to repent

    Which one, Dana?


  • #9
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Pakistanis using an Electromagnetic Bomb


  • #10
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Jesus ****ing Christ, that's more than half a billion people with out power. :eek:
    Hello dark ages...

    Somebody please let off a EM bomb or something and make it permanent.

    Its perfect! Fence them in, they'll revert to medieval life, and we can finally get a look at how it was really like to live back then.


  • #11
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    Confab wrote: »
    But where will my chicken korma come from now?

    Birmingham, as per usual.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Jesus ****ing Christ, that's more than half a billion people with out power. :eek:
    Hello dark ages...

    If Carlsberg did power cuts!


  • #13
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    I hope they have a lot of batteries.


  • #14
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I wonder how all those Indian call centres & IT support houses are doing right now.

    They're just fine, running on diesel generators.
    Power cuts happen every day lasting from a few minutes to a few hours.


  • #15
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    Ohm My God!!!

    I'm sure they have an ample amount in back up generators.


    *get's coat*


  • #16
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Gurgle wrote: »
    They're just fine, running on diesel generators.
    Power cuts happen every day lasting from a few minutes to a few hours.

    More of a rhetorical question really, but the staff still need to get to work and most of the trains have stopped.

    Yes the Indian electricity network is shockingly overloaded and lacking in investment.

    This was really a when rather than an if event!


  • #17
    Fritzl Funderland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭Fritzl Funderland


    calCUTTA!


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