My cousin Sue (who is staying in our home while we’re away) sent a photo of our street in Michigan. Can you spot the differences between Michigan and Accra? (1) Snow in Michigan, none (ever) in Accra. (2) Blue sky in Michigan, none (yet) in Accra.
Another difference: generators outside of every building on the University of Ghana campus. C.K. says the university installed them at the end of 2015 as a hedge against “load shedding,” a.k.a. blackouts, from ECG.
At the end of 2015, the Ministry of Power (funny name) announced that load shedding was over. But, shortly thereafter, the Ghana Grid Company refuted the claim. We haven’t experienced any outages on the university campus. But, Tracy (who is now travelling in Cape Coast with the students) has experienced several blackouts already.
The generators, reportedly, have been tested, but not under blackout conditions. Let’s hope they actually work if and when needed!
—Matt
