Eskom message via whatsapp (in Afrikaans)

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Someone sent me this; I cannot verify its authenticity, so make of this what you will:

Dit kom van Riaan wat vir my werk se Suster... Lees maar en neem notisie dink ek? Hallo almal,
Lisa het my nounet gebel. Stefan was gister in vergadering met een van sy groot kliente, Exxaro myn, wat steenkool verskaf aan Eskom. Hulle het aan hom gesê 'n totale kragineenstorting binnekort, is onafwendbaar. En hierdie is nie 'n grap nie. Kry genoeg gas, brandstof in motors, water, bietje kontant, water, kerse/ligte, selfone gelaai, droë rantsoene, vir 1 - 3 weke bymekaar (mens kan altyd alles weer gebruik as die nie nodig was nie). Hierdie is nie 'n grap nie, Lisa was baie ernstig en het my gevra om aan almal die boodskap deur te stuur. Sy sê Eskom gebruik, volgens wat aan Stefan vertel is, tans 163 miljoen liter diesel per dag, daardie opwekkers van hulle is nie veronderstel om permanent te loop nie en sal waarskynlik binnekort ingee as hulle permanent in bedryf is.
Ek ys maar as ek aan die gevolge van hierdie situasie dink.
Baie liefdegroete aan almal!

 

[bob1]

That message has been doing the rounds for a few month now.

 

[LazyLion]

Who's Lisa?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Old message.

 

[Necropolis]

The sky is falling!

 

[Ninja'd]

Who's Lisa?

Humberto's crush

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Who's Lisa?

This one?



Or Vusi Mona?

 

[Ninja'd]

Dit kom van Riaan wat vir my werk se Suster...

Well I have it from a reliable source's sister's boyfriend's roommate's transgender cousin's surgeon that it is bulls**t

 

[yebocan]

Preppers just went full hard on, after this message...

 

[furpile]

That is a typical scaremongering message. Don't pay any attention to it. Even if the turbines shut down, we will just have more loadshedding, not a complete black-out.

 

[yebocan]

Well I have it from a reliable source's sister's boyfriend's roommate's transgender cousin's surgeon that it is bulls**t

...computer says no....

 

[heartbroken]

Who's Lisa?

More importantly, is Lisa HOT?

 

[Willie Hartzenberg]

I hope somebody talk Nonsense about Eskom failure thanks

 

[akescpt]

time to do some prepping.

 

[Agent47]

More importantly, is Lisa HOT?

Mona Lisa with a moustache....

 

[whatnot]

Dit kom van Riaan wat vir my werk se Suster

hahaha

 

[ginggs]

Dit kom van Riaan wat vir my werk se Suster... Lees maar en neem notisie dink ek? Hallo almal,
Lisa het my nounet gebel. Stefan was gister in vergadering met een van sy groot kliente, Exxaro myn, wat steenkool verskaf aan Eskom. Hulle het aan hom gesê 'n totale kragineenstorting binnekort, is onafwendbaar. En hierdie is nie 'n grap nie. Kry genoeg gas, brandstof in motors, water, bietje kontant, water, kerse/ligte, selfone gelaai, droë rantsoene, vir 1 - 3 weke bymekaar (mens kan altyd alles weer gebruik as die nie nodig was nie). Hierdie is nie 'n grap nie, Lisa was baie ernstig en het my gevra om aan almal die boodskap deur te stuur. Sy sê Eskom gebruik, volgens wat aan Stefan vertel is, tans 163 miljoen liter diesel per dag, daardie opwekkers van hulle is nie veronderstel om permanent te loop nie en sal waarskynlik binnekort ingee as hulle permanent in bedryf is.
Ek ys maar as ek aan die gevolge van hierdie situasie dink.
Baie liefdegroete aan almal!

Google translate:

It comes from Riaan that works for me Sister 's ... Read and take notice but I think? Hello everyone ,
Lisa called me nounet . Stefan was yesterday in a meeting with one of his clients , Exxaro mine, which supplies coal to Eskom . They told him a total kragineenstorting soon , is inevitable . And this is not a joke . Getting enough gas , fuel in cars , water , bietje cash , water , candles / lights , cell phones charged, dry rations , for 1-3 weeks together ( you can always use everything as was not required ) . This is not a joke, Lisa was very serious and asked me to everyone by sending the message . She says the utility used , as it was told Stefan , currently 163 million liters of diesel per day , those generators they are not supposed to run permanently and will probably give in soon as they are permanently operational.
I ice but as I to the consequences of this situation thinking .
Many love greetings to all!

 

[cavedog]

I don't understand how people fall for these messages..... The reason we have loadshedding is prevent a total blackout.... It is simple Eskom will just ramp up the stages until enough is freed up. If it does not work fast enough then I guess they will simply cut the bulk supply to areas to stabilize the grid although I doubt like 20 units will fail at once never happened before so why would it now?

As per http://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/118671-where-eskoms-electricity-comes-from.html

Open Gas Turbines provide only 2409MW running at full capacity. They need to be **** down for refueling like many times before when weekend loadshedding was implemented so they not about to break down.

Even if there is no more Diesel then that is simply a loss of 2409MW if they were run all the time which would mean stage 2 loadshedding to make up for that loss.

 

[froot]

Someone sent me this; I cannot verify its authenticity, so make of this what you will:

Dit kom van Riaan wat vir my werk se Suster... Lees maar en neem notisie dink ek? Hallo almal,
Lisa het my nounet gebel. Stefan was gister in vergadering met een van sy groot kliente, Exxaro myn, wat steenkool verskaf aan Eskom. Hulle het aan hom gesê 'n totale kragineenstorting binnekort, is onafwendbaar. En hierdie is nie 'n grap nie. Kry genoeg gas, brandstof in motors, water, bietje kontant, water, kerse/ligte, selfone gelaai, droë rantsoene, vir 1 - 3 weke bymekaar (mens kan altyd alles weer gebruik as die nie nodig was nie). Hierdie is nie 'n grap nie, Lisa was baie ernstig en het my gevra om aan almal die boodskap deur te stuur. Sy sê Eskom gebruik, volgens wat aan Stefan vertel is, tans 163 miljoen liter diesel per dag, daardie opwekkers van hulle is nie veronderstel om permanent te loop nie en sal waarskynlik binnekort ingee as hulle permanent in bedryf is.
Ek ys maar as ek aan die gevolge van hierdie situasie dink.
Baie liefdegroete aan almal!

Old nonsense story.
And there's no way it's 163 million liters a day. Impossibru.