Let there be light — please!
We woke up this morning to no power. It was chucking it down with rain, quite normal for Argentine winter, and sometimes when we get a deluge like that it does knock the power out.
I haven’t been feeling well over the past couple of days, so I just went back to bed. Before I did, though, I switched on the bathroom light so that I would know when it came back on. I think that was around noon or just before.
Imagine my surprise when I found out it wasn’t just “the usual thing”, but a power outage that covered
Argentina, Uruguay and parts of Chile — 48 million people without power! I mean, that’s big enough that people in the rest of the world might even have heard about it. Apparently this has never happened before and nobody knows what caused it, although of course everyone is blaming everyone else!
Anyway, all is well now — but I’m still glad I don’t have to go out in the rain today.
The power outage also affected parts of Brazil!and it lasted almost 5 hours here in Buenos Aires! This power failure was reported on the BBC and CNN as well. They say it originated in Argentina – no comment! This kind of event makes you really appreciate all we get with electricity! That is a good reason to have a gas stove.
It also makes you question the value of electric shutters!!