Heat, Over Heating, Rain, Thunder and Outage
July 17 2016 By Abiodun Giwa
Electricity outage is the most unusual phenomenon in the United States. It rarely happens, unless by accident. And no one who expects to have electricity supply to power the air conditioner in the house will expect tp lose power, when the heat becomes unbearable or when the heat becomes over heating, as it has been in the North East of the country in the last few days.
As people said silent prayers in their minds on Thursday for the reduction of the excessive heat on Thursday, there was unexpected rainfall for a brief moment that attracted thanksgiving of sorts. The rain was accompanied by a spell of thunder that struck twice. And just as the thought of convenience from the rain assailed the mind, a sudden realization of power failure damned.
You jumped out of bed and confirmed that there was indeed a power failure for about a minute, which showed through the turning of the time of all the clocks in the house backward. But the power went off again, as you began another round of thanksgiving for the power restoration.
"Power failure?", The question came self-consciously. Now, the heat that had been unbearable turned into over heating. Two of my children, who arrive the U.S less than two months could not believe there could be power outage here. I began a story of my first experience of power outage in the country in 2003. The two kids laughed in consternation and derisively said that Nigeria was on a visit the the U.S, in reference to the incessant power outage in Nigeria.
I made a brisk walk to the passage way and confirmed that the power outage was not restricted to my apartment and that it was a general outage, but I still needed to confirm the extent of the areas affected. I met a female co-tenant in the passage way on the ground floor. She asked whether we had the same experience upstairs. When I mooted a thought that the power may be restored in a short while, she doubted and said that the power was restored after the first outage but was shut off again, signalling that there must have been a major problem that caused the outage. .
The heat became unbearable. No air conditioner and no fans. I made a call to the PSEG's office and confirmed the outage and I was told that the power would be restored about 21:00. It meant that we were to endure the heat for about two and half hours. My children had intensified their song like comparison between Nigeria and the U.S and they affirmed without mincing words that Nigeria was on a visit. They said that if the power outage was in Nigeria, they would not have been shocked, but that they felt difficult to believe it could happen here.
Upon investigation, I discovered that over 8000 customers of the PSEG in Bergen County in New Jersey were affected, compared to other areas that had few number of customers affected. The thunderstorm also caused power outage in other places outside New Jersey. For example, Brooklyn had pockets of outages that affected relatively few customers. By 1930, the power was restored and the air conditioner an d the fans began their works. The heat that had assailed and became over heat subsided, but not entirely.
This is summer and this summer is promising a record of heat. For the two weeks, it has been snowballs of heat and it does not seem there is a break on the way for now. The weather has been around 90 degrees and above. The heat can be managed with fans and air conditioners. But when there is no fan and air conditioners and one find self indoor, it will be rainfall of sweats and perspiration.
As people said silent prayers in their minds on Thursday for the reduction of the excessive heat on Thursday, there was unexpected rainfall for a brief moment that attracted thanksgiving of sorts. The rain was accompanied by a spell of thunder that struck twice. And just as the thought of convenience from the rain assailed the mind, a sudden realization of power failure damned.
You jumped out of bed and confirmed that there was indeed a power failure for about a minute, which showed through the turning of the time of all the clocks in the house backward. But the power went off again, as you began another round of thanksgiving for the power restoration.
"Power failure?", The question came self-consciously. Now, the heat that had been unbearable turned into over heating. Two of my children, who arrive the U.S less than two months could not believe there could be power outage here. I began a story of my first experience of power outage in the country in 2003. The two kids laughed in consternation and derisively said that Nigeria was on a visit the the U.S, in reference to the incessant power outage in Nigeria.
I made a brisk walk to the passage way and confirmed that the power outage was not restricted to my apartment and that it was a general outage, but I still needed to confirm the extent of the areas affected. I met a female co-tenant in the passage way on the ground floor. She asked whether we had the same experience upstairs. When I mooted a thought that the power may be restored in a short while, she doubted and said that the power was restored after the first outage but was shut off again, signalling that there must have been a major problem that caused the outage. .
The heat became unbearable. No air conditioner and no fans. I made a call to the PSEG's office and confirmed the outage and I was told that the power would be restored about 21:00. It meant that we were to endure the heat for about two and half hours. My children had intensified their song like comparison between Nigeria and the U.S and they affirmed without mincing words that Nigeria was on a visit. They said that if the power outage was in Nigeria, they would not have been shocked, but that they felt difficult to believe it could happen here.
Upon investigation, I discovered that over 8000 customers of the PSEG in Bergen County in New Jersey were affected, compared to other areas that had few number of customers affected. The thunderstorm also caused power outage in other places outside New Jersey. For example, Brooklyn had pockets of outages that affected relatively few customers. By 1930, the power was restored and the air conditioner an d the fans began their works. The heat that had assailed and became over heat subsided, but not entirely.
This is summer and this summer is promising a record of heat. For the two weeks, it has been snowballs of heat and it does not seem there is a break on the way for now. The weather has been around 90 degrees and above. The heat can be managed with fans and air conditioners. But when there is no fan and air conditioners and one find self indoor, it will be rainfall of sweats and perspiration.
