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

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 03:17 PM

Jul 2012

You'd think the Indian PM would be looking for new work after a disaster affecting 60% of the nation's population.

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

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

DUzy candidate! rocktivity Jul 2012 #4

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