Puerto Rico is in the dark

[boogeyman]

Massive blackout hits Puerto Rico. The whole island is without power.

'Massive blackout' leaves Puerto Rico without power

More than 1.4 million customers in Puerto Rico lost electricity Wednesday afternoon when all of the island's power plants were knocked out of service.

www.wral.com

 

[farce©]

I hope they aren’t expecting any assistance from DC.

 

[finesse]

I hear a load of Trump votive candles are on the way.

 

[StrangePackage]

Dang. I was there just a few weeks ago

 

[Milk and Cookies]

I left Sunday. My brother lives in Dorado Beach and they have their own power but trying to get a flight out woulda sucked. That airport is garbage even on a good day.

 

[WaynetheDrain]

 

[nycfan]

“… The blackout that hit Wednesday afternoon occurred after a transmission line failed and then caused generators across the island to protectively shut down, officials have said. It also left more than 400,000 customers without water at the time.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the failure, although authorities are investigating whether a series of breakers failed or if overgrown vegetation is to blame…”