Posted on 06/10/2021 9:41:27 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A power plant fire in the US territory of Puerto Rico has left thousands of households without electricity.
Pictures on social media show plumes of smoke rising from the flames at a sub-station in the capital, San Juan.
The fire broke out shortly after the firm reported a cyber-attack, which has not yet been linked to fire.
The Caribbean island has struggled with rolling blackouts ever since Hurricane Maria largely destroyed its electrical grid in 2017.
Some Puerto Ricans were left without electricity for nearly a year after the storm.
A private company - Luma Energy - took over operation and maintenance of the island's power system this month.
The company said on Thursday that the fire broke out at the Monacillo power distribution plant soon after the company website was hit with two million visits per second, in a cyber-attack known as a denial of service.
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Yes, but what about AOC’s abuela!?! /sarc
Ya beat me to it! Poor Abuela! Poor, poor Abuela! Now she knows what it’s like to live in California.
If this happened during the Trump years it would be a 24hr news cycle.
Call in orders for Rum from China is my guess. Just sayin.
The revenge of abuela. She wants her money back.
PREPA is still operating the system. Should go on for another year.
According to the story it was at a sub station, which is transformers, switches and monitoring and control equipment.
A power plant is where power is generated.
There’s quite a story here. Luma taking over was controversial with the local left, and the 20 unions involved have threatened to walk out if the deal goes through. They were approved a year ago, and were supposed to engage in a planning process, culminating in taking direct operation this year. While it’s called privatization, almost all the funding is coming from the US government. Transformer fire could be their ratty old gear, or unhappy union types. A recent article quoted discussions about a large maintenance backlog.
At the moment, their web site is running DOS protection, which indicates they have tech chops and good reactions, could be a positive sign. Don’t envy anyone trying to operate a legit company in that environment of long term corruption, though.
Blackout is racist?
Abuela is transphobic (or something phobic). It’s now “Second Generation Birthing Person”.
Well, look at the bright side; with no power Puerto Rico won’t have to worry as much about cyber attacks.
This is all TRUMP’S fault, right Sandy???
Damn you, Trump!
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