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POWER OUTAGES: Ready for this?

July 31, 2012 – PAKISTAN - Prolonged and widespread power outage in most of Pakistan’s cities during scorching summer heat has triggered violent protests in most areas of the country. Coupled with hot and humid summer weather, the prolonged blackout has forced outraged citizens to take to the streets to protest the tough living conditions. The protests turned violent as some of the angry protesters reportedly attacked offices of the power supply department in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, damaging official and private properties. Offices of Pepco, the Pakistan Electric Power Company, were also attacked in Islamabad, Abbottabad, Charsadda, Okara, Multan, Mandi Bahauddin, Sialkot, and Sheikhupura and many of them were reportedly set ablaze. No loss of life was reported, but the roads were blocked till late night. Reports indicate that in some areas people face 12 to 14 hours of rolling blackouts, while the rural residents suffer up to 18 hours of power outage. On Friday, a powerful storm hit some of the country’s power plants, including one of Chashma Nuclear Power Plants and three other plants in Muzaffargarh, causing them to go fully or partly offline. In the meantime, Information Minister Zamar Kaira deflected the blame for the angry protests, saying they have been caused by “political maneuvering of the PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League (N))” rather than the prolonged outages. Pakistan’s lack of around 5,000 megawatts of electrical power has forced the government to implement a rolling blackout policy in a bid to prevent a total blackout. 

26,000 lose power in Cayman Islands: July 25, 2012 – A 

power outage in Grand Cayman, which started at 6:30 this 

morning and lasted until late afternoon, crippled the entire 

island Wednesday. Businesses across Grand Cayman were 

forced to draw operations to a halt due to the loss of 

electricity, with many telling their employees to stay home. 

Hospitals used backup generators to continue offering 

services, while police had to be dispatched to direct motorists 

on the street due to the blackout. Caribbean Utilities 

Company, the only electricity provider on the island, said the 

outage was caused by a fault in one of its substations which 

affected the entire system. 

Strobe-like Lightning... A man whose BlogTalk radio show I listen to said a friend reported lightning "like a strobe light" went on for hours on July 31st. The thunder was "ferocious," he said and the storm knocked out power at 4:44 am. Because they had the generator running, they remained cool despite the sweltering heat, and their refrigerator kept running. They had a plan and they planned to act. See the lightning here: http://youtu.be/Qx4CI3Xv2sU

It doesn't have to be an EMP. It doesn't have to be a nuke 

attack. It can be a lightning storm or an icy blizzard that knocks out power for days.

Are you prepared? You CAN be.

Food, water, techniques for staying cool or warm ARE available. Generators are great but, if the day ever came when no one had electricity, the well-fed people would be followed to their homes. Those with their lights on will attract people like moths to a flame. It might begin with "Can I keep my medicine cool? My breast milk? My batteries?" But it won't be long till everyone wants what you've got. They might stop at nothing to take it, too. Folks get crazy when it comes to staying comfortable.

Guys, do you want your wife and kids looking at you with sad eyes wondering why YOU weren't prepared? 

Parents, can you do better? 

Business Owners, what's your plan?

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