One of the pressing issues for most Bahamians this summer is the issue of load shedding (scheduled power outages). To say the least, it has been a painful experience. While this has been an annual occurrence for years, this year’s version has been the most egregious in recent history, disrupting businesses, causing major discomfort during this peak heat season and in some ways endangering the lives of the elderly and vulnerable. There is much blame and aspersion going around, as well as finger pointing between political groups – but at the end of the day it is really an individual problem. It is a national problem on the macro level but on the micro level the individuals affected have a problem that they must face individually. Of course, we must all agitate for an overall solution – but let’s face it, the overall solution is not within our power. The individual solution is within our power.

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