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16. Yeah, it's a bit of a disaster to put it lightly

Reply to shawn703 (Reply #15)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:45 PM

Jul 2012

More than half of the largest country on the planet unable to function properly (or at all, depending on what's needed to do so), and in midsummer no less.

Naturally the reactions on this side of the pond boil down to people fretting about tech support, though. Ugh.

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World's biggest blackout: 620 million people without power in India [View all] bemildred Jul 2012 OP

It sounds like India's infrastructure might be even worse than the US's. nt valerief Jul 2012 #1

Too centralized, all of them, here, everywhere. bemildred Jul 2012 #2

God forbid profits are 10% rather than 25%! nt valerief Jul 2012 #5

State run. n/t Igel Jul 2012 #24

Yes, in India, but I was referring to bemildred's "here". nt valerief Aug 2012 #27

Indeed. n/t Igel Jul 2012 #25

Well, that explains why I've been on hold for the last 24 hours with customer service. bluedigger Jul 2012 #3

DUzy candidate! rocktivity Jul 2012 #4

I was wondering what this did to call centers also, picturing that same scenario. uppityperson Jul 2012 #12

I wonder what it did to the 600-plus-million other people affected. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #13

Of course. I was adding something else also. nt uppityperson Jul 2012 #14

profits heaven05 Jul 2012 #17

Most have robust backup generation. FBaggins Jul 2012 #26

no wonder Baclava Jul 2012 #6

wow, how do you even begin to fix this mess? I say send Rmoney... wordpix Jul 2012 #9

that's Bob, the local tee-vee cable installer Baclava Jul 2012 #10

lol heaven05 Jul 2012 #18

In nine months, there might be a population boomlet. MADem Jul 2012 #7

this country could run largely on solar wordpix Jul 2012 #8

Or wind in the monsoon season. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2012 #11

That's more people than in the entirety of North America shawn703 Jul 2012 #15

Yeah, it's a bit of a disaster to put it lightly Posteritatis Jul 2012 #16

of course heaven05 Jul 2012 #19

are you talking about? Missycim Aug 2012 #28

no heaven05 Aug 2012 #29

I see their power grid is just as good as their tech support thelordofhell Jul 2012 #20

Your average Mayor is out of office when a snowstorm brings a City to its knees... brooklynite Jul 2012 #21

There goes the Bain Capital stock... this is what they get for sending our jobs to India. progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #22

Bain NEVER suffers. Privatize profit, socialize loss. That's what they do. nt valerief Jul 2012 #23

Great discussion on radio about this. The uber rich in India not serving the welfare of the people nanabugg Aug 2012 #30