Jaffas?

I was watching a story on the news the other night about the poor families who've been stuck without power for 2 weeks down south. One of the women they interviewed made a comment that stuck in my head a bit, and I was wondering what you all think?
She said 'You know if this happened in Auckland they would have had it sorted out by now"
As an Aucklander for the last 14 years, I was initially defensive about that, but then I thought 'Well maybe that's true'
How wrong do you think that is, if it is true?

I personally feel if it had happened in Auckland the majority would be sorted (as in the South Island), but rural Auckland would still be struggling to regain power, bearing in mind the Auckland bondries are from bombay to welsford

Also you need to remember the power failure Auckland had some 6 years ago where the CBD was without power, that was not sorted in a matter of hours and many business were without power for at least a week while Vector tried to solve the problem

I have just had it confirmed that it was 50 odd days that the CBD had to run without power

As an ex-Londoner AND a JAFA - would it not have more to do with accessability to the areas without power? rather than getting it fixed quicker just because it is Auckland?
I would imagine that the reason some areas are STILL without power is because they are still isolated from the people who can help them, rather than just leaving them to tough it out... you'd hope so anyways
Anyways, just my opinion but I think the media hyped up the Auckland CBD power cut and blew it out of proportion, it was only for a few hours after all!

I think the media made it sound worse than it actually was. I don't know anyone that really complained about the power outages, other than me as ours didn't go out and therefore I wasn't sent home

Not all Aucklanders are stuck up and only into their own business. I personally take a lot of objection to being put into that category (not that anyone here has), and to be fair, I don't live in Auckland, I live in North Shore City

I agree - It's the accesability or lack thereof that has kept those areas without power, nothing to do with them being seen as less important than it would if it was Auckland. I'm a JAFA and we were without power for 10 hours. Was a pain as I was unable to give Joshua a bath and we were without heating on what was a pretty cold day but we weren't complaining too much. A friend of a friend was stuck in her townhouse complex as it has a keycoded gate which shorted due to the powercut. Now that would have sucked! And one of my antenatal group was totally up the you-know-what as she bottle feeds her little one and was unable to make formula up. She ended up having to go to a camping store and buy a camping stove to heat them up! But given that most of the rest of New Zealand think Aucklanders are stuck up whingers who freak out if their flat whites aren't perfect, perhaps we should just complain a bit louder and earn that reputation for real....

Well as a rural-er and having a week of off / on power cuts (a few hours here, 8 hours there etc) we are equipped to a point to cope with it, most rural houses have woodburners that can be cooked on etc - However we can't milk without power or have power on our fences.
Aucklanders (just as people are saying Auckland but my point is surburbia) have power out for a working day and are packing a sad cause they have lost "money and customers" - The southerners (dairy) who have no power will have their stock who are bursting with milk (if they are winter milking) stock without food and also for this length of time probably no food themselves.
I know Auckland had the 50 day power cut but food was accessible etc.
I don't want to cause a "backlash" but the poor southerners have no power, are isolated, no phones and this has been going on for about 2 weeks I think... And I know I would be packing a stink for not being able to go on OhBaby for a weekend!!!

Ramble over!!

Long term health problems to the cows, the "Jaffas" not getting the milk in the fridge, (even tho most farms are export but that is a minor issue!! LOL)

Me not a cow cocky!!

Yes I know that... My point was more for the stock then the cost losses and for the people that are isolated. (if that is what you were referring to Sarah )

< language=> hehehe well now im gonna stand on the soapbox *steps up* I am in the area called Auckland but consider myself a country girl as i live in Wellsford (which is an hour & a half north of aucks saves getting out the map book ) We were affected by the power cut in the City the other day as I guess we must be on the same line or something. Anyways it is winter & with winter comes yuccky weather so power cuts are to be expected. I do agree that the power cut the other day was hyped up but I know of people who went to the movies instead of work & they werent complaining . We ourselves had the fire going & used candles & had a nice romantic time enjoying each others company. We also have a camp stove that the husband got ut as he couldnt do without his coffee & ive even cooked on it before during other power cuts .

I understand coming from a dairy background myself how important it is to have the cows milked HOWEVER this is not the first time a power cut has happened (maybe the time fame is though) but is there not a way to prepare IE generators etc. remember our ancestors coped for many years before power was invented............

So in conculsion i am a fence sitter here (and no not an electric one) i dont think anyone is more important up here than down there we are all one as a country, unfortunitly we cannot control the media & thus by doing so they have opened a can of worms for debate as if you step back from here you can see this is exactly what they wanted people to make it into a bigger issue than necessary & to cause debate amongst ourselves

And that my friends is todays lesson according to St Sylvia

edited to say *stepping of soapbox* next please......

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Edited by Binkas Mum