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| Thieves leave entire Iranian province without electricity |
| 2002-12-31 |
| An entire Iranian province was left without electricity Tuesday after thieves made off with key parts from several main power outlets, state television reported. "Six electrical supply towers collapsed after parts were stolen, and this has led to a total power cut," the report said, adding that engineers were working to restore power to Sistan-Baluchestan province. The desert province, one of Iran's poorest regions, is home to about 1.8 million people. Sounds like they stole the struts off the towers. The coppers gave chase, but they stole the wheels off the policemobiles before they had the chance to get up to 30 miles an hour... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 I work on software systems that are supported in India and I can tell you that our number one problem in supporting our business over there is the complete lack of infrastructure, just getting buildings where the power is on 24x7 is a major accomplishment. I dont even want to begin to discuss what its like to get phones and the internet to these sites. From what the onsite guys tell me, india is one of the bright spots. Places like Karachi and Ho Chi Mihn City are supposed to be like a trip into mr. peabodys way-back machine. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2002-12-31 21:04:12 |
| #5 I've heard of this kind of thing before - desperately poor folks making off with quantities of valuable metal seemingly sitting around being used for no good purpose. Then again, it could have been something like, "Willya lookit dem flatlanders, lettin' all that valuable iron rust away in them stupid towers? C'mon, boys, let's get us some free scrap iron to build our new stills!" Well, Baluchis probably don't indulge in moonshine, but the general principle applies... |
| Posted by: Joe 2002-12-31 19:56:36 |
| #4 "The desert province, one of Iran's poorest regions, is home to about 1.8 million people. " poor third-world people dont use electricity. I had this demonstrated to me once in Baja, when the locals informed me that the reason why there was no phone service in this little coastal fishing village was the "local gentry" had cut down the copper phone cables to make lobster traps. When I asked "Hey, what about the phones?" they said, " Who are we going to call? everyone we know lives here!" |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2002-12-31 13:38:44 |
| #3 Sounds like they pulled one too many struts off. Mechanical engineers they ain't. |
| Posted by: mojo 2002-12-31 11:41:32 |
| #2 Scrap metal. The Baluchis are troublesome to Iran quite often. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2002-12-31 11:07:56 |
| #1 Stole the struts for scrap metal, or sabotage? If I was the Iranian government, I would try to cover up any attacks by calling the perps thieves. You don't want to admit to having a rebel problem. Shows weakness. |
| Posted by: Steve 2002-12-31 10:58:44 |