Rethinking the Country Life as Energy Costs Rise
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Trapido: Presidential early warning systems
In order to assist you in understanding the new early warning systems introduced by the President we repeat them here :
"Level 1 - (moderate danger) - Notice in Government Gazzette
Level 2 - (increased level) - Notice in a newspaper in each province.
Level 3 - (serious danger) - Above plus radio broadcasts
Level 4 - (immininent threat) - Above plus television broadcast
Level 5 - (red alert nuclear bomb fired at South Africa) - President
retrieves the red phone from his drawer and telephones
the government (Mrs Traps) and tells her that it's a
massive secret and for fuck's sake please not to tell
anyone."
The whole country will know within the hour. Mind you even your relatives in Barvados will know about it in an hour.
"Level 1 - (moderate danger) - Notice in Government Gazzette
Level 2 - (increased level) - Notice in a newspaper in each province.
Level 3 - (serious danger) - Above plus radio broadcasts
Level 4 - (immininent threat) - Above plus television broadcast
Level 5 - (red alert nuclear bomb fired at South Africa) - President
retrieves the red phone from his drawer and telephones
the government (Mrs Traps) and tells her that it's a
massive secret and for fuck's sake please not to tell
anyone."
The whole country will know within the hour. Mind you even your relatives in Barvados will know about it in an hour.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Is a Load Shedding Schedule A Good Idea?
No one is talking about this, but I think in Gauteng especially load shedding lowers the defences of homes substantially, as the grid no longer arms perimeter fencing/alarm systems. There may be a few homes that operate off the grid, or that have back-up generators but the vast majority certainly do not.
As we come closer to facing a recession, as the current fuel price increases feed into the system, the strain on the massive population of poor people in SA will increase again. At the same time, the security that has held out criminals is now on the blink?
I believe it is time that we start to address this breakdown in our ability to defend homes against possible criminal elements. I am not sure if newspapers ought to be publishing load shedding schedules, so that those who might want to take advantage might have free access to this important information. If it is reasonably temporary, fine. If not, we might find ourselves in trouble.
Any ideas?
As we come closer to facing a recession, as the current fuel price increases feed into the system, the strain on the massive population of poor people in SA will increase again. At the same time, the security that has held out criminals is now on the blink?
I believe it is time that we start to address this breakdown in our ability to defend homes against possible criminal elements. I am not sure if newspapers ought to be publishing load shedding schedules, so that those who might want to take advantage might have free access to this important information. If it is reasonably temporary, fine. If not, we might find ourselves in trouble.
Any ideas?
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