Many of you will be aware that our island is currently without electricity due to a problem with the cable between us and the mainland and the fact that there are no available spare sections of cable to repair the problem... you may well ask WHY new cable wasn't ordered when the last spare was used, we certainly are, but here there is often no answer to the 'why?'.
The power went out at around 8.30 am on Thursday morning and we have been advised not to hope for it to return soon.
In the meantime, praise the Lord, we are able to share a generator with our neighbours which allows us to have a couple of hours in the morning and another couple of hours in the evening to keep our fridges going and to keep phones and computers charged.
The biggest problem when there's no power here, is that people are unable to pump water from their wells and into the water tanks. Many people are able to get water from alternative sources such as communal wells, but there are many places in town where there is no other source. We have already been approached by someone important about distributing water in places where there is no alternative water source and if there continues to be no power this is likely to keep us fairly busy for the next few days and weeks.
Our shared generator, for which we are EXTREMELY thankful!
Another big problem is that it is very difficult to sleep at night without a fan to cool you down. Being around the hottest time of the year you find that you are tossing around in a pond of sweat trying to get some sleep!
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