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I read an article recently about power interruptions in Maryland. People were complaining that over a six month period, the power had flickered off for ten seconds or so -- more than half a dozen times. Other outages lasted a few minutes or an hour.
If only we experienced those outages in Timor!
Power interruptions are a daily occurrence. Today, the power went off around lunch time -- it's now 7:30pm and it's still off. Yesterday, the power was off for five hours -- the day before -- 4 hours -- and so on and so on.
No one seems to know why the power goes out so often.
It used to be better. It only went off on Sundays for about five hours. Now, it's daily.
But we're lucky here in Dili compared to those living in the districts. Their power is on from 6pm until midnight -- every day.
Let's hear it for backup generators!
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