Posted on 02/19/2021 4:53:07 AM PST by cll
Solar and wind farms after Hurricanes Irma and María, 2017. I spent 10 + 40 days without power, and I was one of the first ones to get it back.
I live in Puerto Rico and except for my time in the Army, I’ve lived here all my life. It’s not bad at all. Crime is a concern mostly if you’re into drugs or drug trafficking. Otherwise, it is just fine.
I’ve also live in Alabama and Panama City Beach was “my” beach. Believe me, Caribbean beaches are far superior. And believe it or not, the beach in the picture is a public beach.
Nice. PR is a nice spot with corrupt leaders. If they could manage a budget things would be better.
The people pushing all this impoverishing insanity are not affected by the results. They can diddle with and destroy the lives of others, millions of them, without feeling the pain and with aggrandizing their own fortunes into the bargain. “Other” people are nothing more than pieces to be moved and sacrificed on the gameboard of their own power and enrichment.
I am “there.” It’s cold.
Cold is relative. Plus, it’s winter, where *cold* happens in a lot of places. So there may be times when it’s *cold* over much of the US. The cold here in the Midwest is usually colder and lasts longer than it does in the South. It is colder still in the states more northern than here, though, so I’m grateful for that!
I’m a native Floridian, but moved away because of job opportunities, and I took a liking to the kindness of Midwest folks, and the change of seasons. I do miss the sunny skies of Florida, though, and the white sandy beaches of the Gulf.
My family often tells me that they would love to live here, but I doubt that, really. They like to see snow once in a while and play in it. That’s the fun part. I don’t think they’d like to deal with it every day, so I understand that.
I’m not sure I could take the heat of Florida for more than 2-3 weeks myself. In the summer, I can go outside here and enjoy my gardens and woods the whole day. So it’s a trade-off for sure.
Thanks for bringing me back to reality, though. I dream about the sandy beaches near Fort Walton. Love that place.
As I questioned before, if it’s so great there, why do so many people leave? There are lots of reasons, I guess, and there are several FReepers who disagree with you on how little crime there is.
You almost seem like you have a vested interest in the tourism there, but maybe not.
To each his own.
People move around. Many leave, many come back, many move here for the first time. Just like any other state.
There are very, very few - like two or three - Freepers who comment negatively about Puerto Rico who have actually been here.
I’m willing to bet the vocal pushers as you call them, are masking (no pun intended) the real culprits who enjoy even more status than the pushers.
While what you say may be true, all I can say is there seem to be plenty of Puerto Ricans who fled to mainland USA and seem to stay for whatever reason.
I live in Panhandle FL and yes, cold is relative. We have had some extremes in the past. In the winter of 78-79 we had a week of lows below ten degrees, one night- 3 degrees. In the late nineties we had long stretches of 100+ summer days. Remembering my youth I feel I prefer the climate in coastal Virginia. The political climate there now is entirely too depressive, though.
Great post and pix! Thanks!
On the other hand think of all the jobs renewables supply. Also does PR have any natural gas or other carbon fuels besides wppd?
On the other hand think of all the jobs renewables supply. Also does PR have any natural gas or other carbon fuels besides wppd?
I was at college in Iowa from 1956 to 1960, but followed my future husband to DC where I have lived in or near for the rest of my life. Except we acquired a small property in Chincoteague, VA and cabin in West Virginia which I have had for at least 20 years. One son married and moved to Miami around 1990 so traveled there regularly in early spring. So a long life and a lot of experience with different climates. First, I think I have really seen the climate change. In Iowa I experienced weeks of temperatures hovering around 20 below. In summer daytimes for a week around 105, with 93 nights and no AC. When my husband’s job disappeared he wanted to return to one he could have in Iowa, but I told him our marriage would not survive the climate in Iowa. It does seem that it is not generally so cold in Iowa these days.
The climate in DC, MD, VA is definitely warmer for the past 15 or more years than it was back in the 1960s. When we would visit our son in Miami we would step out and enjoy the balmy, sunny days. After a week we would go out, laugh, and say, “Oh, my, another perfect boring day.” We avoid the VA beach mostly in the hot summer period, but love the climate there in spring and fall. We go to WV when it gets too hot around DC, and since our son move to PR a few years ago I miss the trips to Florida. Once in the 60’s my husband had an assignment in Jacksonville and free hotel for us, so I flew down. On the weekend we went to St. Augustine, 104 in the shade, cochina shell beach, and warm dishwater ocean. NO, no, no. Anyway, it’s nice to have choices. One of these days I might even make it to PR.
Regarding my Comment #35, my wandering pinkie finger found pp instead of oo for wood fuel.
The link below covers the power failure in Texas. Lots of interesting comments. One issue for Texas is they have literally made their state a power island. Well, PR knows the consequences of being an island in need of power with an emergency. I was going to include some paragraphs about the flaws of deregulation, and one city with fewer problems because it is connected with either the west or east US power grids. However that story has now dissappeared from my computer. One significant problem is that windmills are not protected for extreme cold, unlike those in Iowa or North Dakota which are. And the wind energy was needed to enable the natural gas functions to work, and related issues where water froze stopping power infrastructure. This issue and the reaction to “Cancun Cruz” is likely to shift the Texas vote more into the Dem. camp next election.
I coould have sworn I entered my link on Texas power. Maybe it has disappeared for good. Will try again.
https://www.aol.com/news/power-failure-winter-storm-pushed-140438363-162726476.html
OK, I have now entered it. If you don’t see it, Blame AOL or Google or somebody.
I successfully clicked my link and found this excellent and informative Comment.
“The main reason most power plants “froze up” and tripped off line, or failed to start up, can be traced to simple reasons. First, they do not operate their compressed/control air systems properly. They have failed to maintain their air dryer systems to save money, thus their air systems are full of water; when it freezes the control air systems fail, and the unit cannot run. Secondly, their trace heat systems, to keep water pipes from freezing, are also not maintained properly. The pipe heaters do not work, pipe insulation is removed, not replaced, etc. allowing the water in the pipes to freeze.
I know this having worked in Texas power plants. When attempting to fix air dryers, I was always shut down & told that they didn’t want to spend the money.”
WOW! Talk about false economy!
When you have monopolies...
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