Summer and Electricity

      Summer season used to be a lovely season in iraq because we used to have electricity for 24 hours a day.  Iraqi families used to gather each afternoon and eat the chilled watermelon. We also used to sleep on the roof of the houses only for one month or less especially in May when the weather is so nice and a little bit cold.    

     Yesterday night, I decided to return back in time and sleep my current summer nights as my ancestors used to. I started again sleeping on the roof of my house again to guarantee a full night sleep instead of getting us every two hours because of the cut of electricity.  For the first time since the start of summer, I could sleep for full seven hours without the need to wake up to turn on the small generator of the family.

    Nowadays ,many Iraqi families have no choice but to sleep on the roof of their houses because of the useless promises of the ministry of the electricity. Many of my friends complain that their life become so difficult during summer because they have electricity for less than 10 hours a day. These ten hours include the power they get from the private generators which cost them a lot of money.

    With the absence electricity,  the most important public service in summer, Im sure more families will do what I did, following the trace of our ancestors.

  

    

Comments

[Sean Wolf]

I'm not sure that it sounds like things are getting better there for the regular folks. And I'm thinking things will still get worse before they get better. According to the Iraqi Constitution, you don't and won't have a democracy. I feel for you. But you only have yourselves to blame.

[curt]

This is a good blog. I find it difficult to find firsthand information from Iraq. This is refreshing.

Everyone in the USA wants the Iraq people to be prosperous and successful. It seems that things are improving.

[Suzanne]

If ever there were a reason for someone to develop super affordable solar energy production for use on houses, you guys are it. It seems like it would be so much better than the generators.