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Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Tuesday Feb 23, 2010

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it's been a week now since the first big rain hit Buenos Aires. The aftermath included floods, massive extended blackouts and compromised water supplies, a huge amount of traffic lights not working, stores losing everything they had, never ending pickets (piquetes), people crossing the streets with ropes (or boats) and god knows what else.

I went for a drive on the weekend, visit some people. It was appalling to see several places that were still in the dark after the last heavy rain (which was on Friday). I also passed -or more likely, didn't pass- through several pickets. I don't think I've seen so many since good ol' 2001 (when the economy in Argentina went to hell). It kind of felt like living in Mad Max... hordes of angry people can be that scary even if they're not angry at you, trust me.

I was very lucky with my new apartment. Had I moved one block away in any direction (any at all) I would have suffered the blackouts. Just one block away from my home there's this "official" picket place. The neighbors from this condo right across the street seem very organized and whenever the power goes out they go out and stop the traffic while making a lot of noise with their stew pots.
I pretty much understand they want the power back (after all, we all pay our bills), but they could be civil enough to wait till the heavy raining has stopped... Last Friday, while it was still raining a whole zoo, they had no better idea than stopping the traffic on our avenue, making it even harder to go back home and see if you had lost everything to a flood. If you wanna take it on the power company, fine. I'd be as pissed as you are. Just don't take it on everybody else, specially when might be in the same situation.

I gotta say that some things never change...


By the way, my Mum is doing fine. I called her soon after my last blog and she left the hospital one day later because her Doc wanted some tests. She's getting her last tests done right now, but fortunately they're just routine stuff as she's doing much much better.
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don_nadie:
Si vi en las noticias que la cosa esta jodida con las lluvia por alla, que bueno saber que tu mama anda mejor.
Feb 22, 2010
howdy2:
Glad to hear that you & mum are well. Some weird weather here in the US also, but no protests. All the places I used to live have had huge snowstorms. But where I am now, nothing. It is my lucky year smile
Feb 23, 2010

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