Posted on 09/21/2016 6:14:10 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009
Edited on 09/21/2016 7:18:18 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Why not...it is mainly an island of people dependent on the USA government.
Another turd world, banana republic like Venezuela. Sell your Puerto Rico bonds. Oh...it’s already too late.
When’s the encore?
Too true. And the DOD should care, but is too busy paying 45.00 dollars a gallon for “green” jet fuel.
Too busy training everybody in the Navy’s mandatory transgender indoctrination.
We made a new gate with a crescent wrench at a back corner where there was a break in the chainlink fencing.
Some 70+% are on US tax payer funded welfare.
Puerto Rico Blackout Enters Second Day - Entire Island Of 3.5 Million People Without Power | Zero Hedge
Puerto Rico Blackout Enters Second Day - Entire Island Of 3.5 Million People Without Power
by Tyler Durden
Sep 22, 2016 10:29 AM
The 3.5 million people of Puerto Rico are entering their second day with no power after a substation fire knocked out service to the entire island. The power outage has left schools scrambling to cancel classes and public hospitals forced to cancel surgeries.
Perhaps even worse, the outage caused numerous fires across the island as a result of malfunctioning generators, including at the upscale Vanderbilt hotel in the popular tourist area of Condado and at the mayor’s office in the northern coastal town of Catano.
While Puerto Rico’s Governor Padilla and the utility’s CEO, Javier Quintana, have said they expect service to be restored by this morning, many Puerto Ricans are dubious saying that the economic slump has affected the government’s ability to maintain basic infrastructure. According to the Wall Street Journal, hundreds of people took to social media to criticize the Electric Power Authority, noting they already pay bills on average twice that of the U.S. mainland.
The fire apparently started at this sub-station in Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico.
Third day update:
Chico, don’t get discouraged.
I know things will be better for Chico and The Man.
Update:
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Cheers erupted as lights slowly began to flicker back on across Puerto Rico overnight as the U.S. territory struggled to emerge from an island-wide blackout following a fire at a power plant that caused the aging utility grid to fail.
About 75 percent of 1.5 million homes and businesses served by the power utility had electricity restored by Friday morning, with cries of, “The lights are back on!” echoing through some neighborhoods.
“We’ve surpassed our expectations,” Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said. “We’re working hard to restore power to our other customers ... I understand the annoyance of being without electricity.”
He anticipated that the majority of Puerto Ricans will likely have power by Saturday, more than 72 hours after the island-wide outage.
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