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crisis - army step in?/water shortages
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Whatever will be



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:21 am    Post subject: crisis - army step in?/water shortages Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I agree that turning it over to the military isn't a bad idea. I wonder what the cause of the shortage is. Water plant down?

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 12:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'll move your other article over here and report the other to the MODs for removal.

http://www.timesofoman.com/News/52756/Article-Sunday-Beat-Who-is-to-blame-for-water-crisis-in-Oman#.VXNWlw07fFY.facebook

No need for two threads on the same non-education related topic.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've friends in Ghala who've been without water for 10 days!

I feel particularly bad for anyone stuck in Muscat for all or most of Ramadan. It's going to be long, painful slog without water according to this article:

http://www.timesofoman.com/News/52599/Article-Water-nightmare-to-haunt-Omans-capital-city-residents-this-summer
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 11:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
In the deep provinces we also experience regular power cuts along with water shortage, due to overheating of the electricity lines, and this due to excessive use of AC.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 3:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
One of the major problems with overuse of electricity was that they keep places WAY too cold. I remember that my students would rush late into class and immediately walk to the thermostat and turn it to coldest possible setting. I had to make it a rule that NO ONE but me touch it. Just because it is 45 degrees outside doesn't mean that we need a temperature for the refrigeration of meat inside. I already had to carry a jacket all summer because it was so danged cold inside every university building and shop. Rolling Eyes

Sensible usage would greatly reduce the outages. But their "me first" attitude makes educating people to use the systems sensibly is pretty much impossible. I did at least educate my students about how a thermostat and HVAC system worked. (probably didn't much help)

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Personally I would have never considered any job out in the villages of Oman... or any other Gulf country. I had plenty of the power/water issues during the years that I lived in Cairo, so I know all about it and knew that I preferred to avoid them.

As far as internet issues, that has always been around and is sadly common in many of the countries that TEFL teachers go to...

It sounds like it is time for you to head back to the "first world" so that you don't have to deal with any of this. You have been unhappy since the day you got to Oman and have had what appears to be a uniquely negative experience...

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
From my experience of working for the government colleges, the retent