It Could Only Happen Here!
On Friday morning last week, the city of Brno experienced a 40 minute power outage. Living without electric power is always a bit of a shock and this event proved yet again how dependent we are. All the computers died of course but the electric security doors would no longer work making it difficult to actually enter the office her. I had expected this event to make the news…. I was wrong. In fact, I am still trying to get an explanation. All I do know is that it was apparently E.On that experienced the problem.
There was an article on the website of the local paper about the outage but it essentially said that no explanation had been forthcoming and the incident was under investigation by E.On.
Everyone seemed to take the outage in their stride. People milled around in small groups enjoying the weather. It was quite surreal. No one seemed upset nor did anyone appear to even be bothered to find out what happened. This is the Czech Republic after all but its the first power cut I have experienced in four years. It is a young society from a consumer point of view and despite EU mandates, it is still impossible to chose your power provider here. I guess Czechs simply don’t complain….
