Powerless in Puerto Rico: Hurricane Fiona causes territory-wide blackout, destructive flooding

[Adrianv2]

A fragile power grid in Puerto Rico in the path of Hurricane Fiona has created an
island-wide crisis, as the territory's electrical system went completely out of service due to Fiona, Governor Pedro Pierluisi announced.

On Sunday afternoon, a transmission grid knocked out 1.4-million tracked residents of the island, according to PowerOutage.US. Outages were at over 500,000 residents Sunday morning before the territory-wide blackout. Internet outages across the island also spiked as the power went out.

LUMA Energy, the private company that handles the transmission and distribution of electricity in Puerto Rico, stated that full power restoration could take days "due to the magnitude and scope of the blackout," but that the company has the necessary resources to respond to Fiona's effects on the grid.

“The damages that we are seeing are catastrophic,” Pierluisi said on Sunday, according to The Associated Press.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurri...ackout/1248802



Biden's fault.

[Andullero]

A fragile power grid in Puerto Rico in the path of Hurricane Fiona has created an
island-wide crisis, as the territory's electrical system went completely out of service due to Fiona, Governor Pedro Pierluisi announced.

On Sunday afternoon, a transmission grid knocked out 1.4-million tracked residents of the island, according to PowerOutage.US. Outages were at over 500,000 residents Sunday morning before the territory-wide blackout. Internet outages across the island also spiked as the power went out.

LUMA Energy, the private company that handles the transmission and distribution of electricity in Puerto Rico, stated that full power restoration could take days "due to the magnitude and scope of the blackout," but that the company has the necessary resources to respond to Fiona's effects on the grid.

“The damages that we are seeing are catastrophic,” Pierluisi said on Sunday, according to The Associated Press.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurri...ackout/1248802



Biden's fault.

I remember when I was a kid in the 80's that Bories used to troll us Domies hard about having that blackouts problem. Three decades later and surprise, the tables seem to have turned around. Shows you that one can never spit upwards, less this one ends up splatting in one's face.

[axel.aleman]

I remember when I was a kid in the 80's that Bories used to troll us Domies hard about having that blackouts problem. Three decades later and surprise, the tables seem to have turned around. Shows you that one can never spit upwards, less this one ends up splatting in one's face.

They will have to learn to live on their own and They should have been more humble

[SilverKnight]

The feds have completely abandoned PR... its needs to be a state ASAP or independent, the current status is killing it.

[Luis_Miguel]

Puerto Rico is fucked, they are not getting much help from the USA

[axel.aleman]

The feds have completely abandoned PR... its needs to be a state ASAP or independent, the current status is killing it.

No they need the independence and They will have to learn to live on their own