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2017-09-21 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Puerto Rico in total darkness after Hurricane Maria knocks out 100% of the island's power

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Posted by Fred 2017-09-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I'm sure all those academics, reporters and entertainers will get it all back on line in a day or two. /sarc

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-09-21 06:53|| 2017-09-21 06:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Wealth redistribution happens in the dark.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-09-21 09:48|| 2017-09-21 09:48|| Front Page Top

#3 A serious investing question here. On the mainland the only publicly traded company that sells/makes traffic lights and street lights is VMI. The rest are all private companies including the elect/tel pole ones.
Do the Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico use VMI (Valmont Industries) product?

Posted by 3dc 2017-09-21 11:39|| 2017-09-21 11:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't know about VI, et. al. which is multinational and may have different 'DoT' standard mandates for intersection illumination, but I do know that Dallas local building suppliers inventory and employee resources (Home Depot, Lowes) have been decimated. Studs, plywood, roofing, electrical, drywall, appliances ripped off the shelves and shipped south with employees and forklifts. Faster to gut the local stores. Penske, Uhaul, rent-a-truck businesses are also southbound.

Wet cement left in place becomes rocks. Mobile cement plants will be in demand.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-09-21 13:34|| 2017-09-21 13:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Where I live we had a 12 inch rainfall in 18 hours, 6 inches of that in just a single hour. Thousands of basements in the county flooded due to sewer backups or leakage from walls, many of them for the first time ever. Rain ended by 2000. By 2030 all the sump pumps, drainage hoses, wet vacs & suchlike in the entire county had been sold out. It was several days before the retailers could be re-supplied.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-09-21 13:49|| 2017-09-21 13:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Where are the Leftists of the 80s who demanded independence? Let's give it to them now.

Posted by jack salami 2017-09-21 20:33|| 2017-09-21 20:33|| Front Page Top

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