Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Stuck In The Heat

It's been horribly hot around here for the past couple of weeks.  We've been well over 100 degrees.  I just checked the conditions in Iraq - daytime highs are running around 110 this week. Life, in that heat, without air conditioning is rough.  Life without electricity must be almost unbearable.


Iraq power cuts getting worse, affecting lives



BAGHDAD, 21 August 2007 (IRIN) - In the backyard of the house of Jassim Abdel-Rahman, a 34-year-old resident of Sadr City, a suburb of Baghdad, there are always six or so jerry cans which he refills daily with petrol for his small generator. With less than [...]



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