Puerto Rico hit by new power outage after line repaired by Whitefish fails: report
Source: The Hill
BY BRANDON CARTER - 11/09/17 05:05 PM EST
Puerto Rico was hit with a new power outage Thursday after a major line failure left several cities, including the capital of San Juan, without power.
BuzzFeed News reported the line, which runs from Cambalache to Manatí, failed on Thursday, reducing Puerto Ricos power generation capacity by 25 percent. Prior to the lines failure, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) said the territorys power generation was at 43 percent capacity.
The power outage affected several major Puerto Rican cities, including San Juan. A reporter for The New York Times said Thursday that the lights had gone out at Puerto Ricos federal emergency command center.
El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Ricos largest newspaper, reported Thursday afternoon that the line was repaired by PREPA technicians.
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Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Fuckers
underpants
(182,823 posts)For the amount of their bid. I know that Whitefish got this with no bid.
If the awardee fails to complete the project the government cashes in the bond to cover hiring someone else to do it.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)I'm sure there are plenty of credible & qualified companies willing to step in.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Can you imagine living through this? I'll be some of the 43% who'd finally got power wanted to cry. At least the hottest weather is mostly past, but it's still mid-upper 80s with the usual high humidity. Thank goodness they got Whitefish out as soon as they did.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)groundloop
(11,519 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,604 posts)from two to 300 in a few days. Who knows what their experience was/is?
forgotmylogin
(7,529 posts)And the other guy holding the other end in Florida plugged it into an outside outlet of a house located in Key West.
The first guy's phone charger lit up, so they called it good.
Mind, they used heavy duty extension cords from Home Depot all plugged end to end, and only high-quality electrical tape to hold it all together, so it's not their fault it failed.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republicans and their cronies are fully to blame. What skuzzballs.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Shucks,I thought those three guys and a truck were pro's...........