DUSHANBE, 11 February 2008 (IRIN) - Tajikistan is bracing for a compound humanitarian emergency due to prolonged power outages, an unusually long period of extremely cold weather, and resultant emerging food insecurity, according to officials.I wonder if anyone in Tajikistan is wishing that temperatures were .3 degrees colder, or if they're regretting not going with 100% hydroelectric power generation...
“We’ve had the harshest winter for three decades. It has frozen inlet streams going into reservoirs which generate electricity. At the same time there has been an increase in the consumption of power as a result of the cold weather,” Michael Jones, UN resident coordinator in Tajikistan, said.
“It is a compound emergency, it is multifaceted,” Jones told IRIN on 11 February.
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According to the UN Economic Commission for Europe, hydroelectric generation accounts for 76 percent of total energy output in the country.
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and meanwhile in Canada, the major east-west highway in British Columbia remains closed due to avalanche risk.
Wonder what this is costing ?
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Arterial highway remains closed
Feb, 10 2008 - 10:10 PM
MERRITT/CKNW(AM980) - The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt is still closed, and there's no estimate on when the major route will be re-opened.
Jeff Knight with the Ministry of Transportation says helicopter crews were able to trigger some natural avalanches Sunday, before poor visibilty became a factor, "There is still a substantial amount of unstable snow, that they want to bring down. And because of the weather, it continues to hamper operations. The highway remains closed indefinately due to the high avalanche hazard."
The highway has been closed since Thursday morning, and it will be up to the weather as to when it will re-open. "
here's a picture . . .
http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighwaycam/index.aspx?hideFramework=False&cam=47
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