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2018-02-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Puerto Rico hit with partial blackout after power plant explosion

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 There is my favorite place with the mayor with t-shirts.

Posted by newc 2018-02-12 00:23|| 2018-02-12 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 What does the "partial blackout" mean here?

More than 400,000 power customers have remained in the dark more than five months after Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico

and that was before the explosion. "PR blackout gets even worse" is more accurate.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-02-12 00:37|| 2018-02-12 00:37|| Front Page Top

#3 San Juan Mayor: You know this is Trump's fault?

Posted by Frank G 2018-02-12 07:37|| 2018-02-12 07:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Outside of two privately owned ~500MW power plants
on the southern coast of PR, the only other major power producers in the territory are government run. From what I hear from folks who were there VERY recently, the gov. units were poorly operated and minimally maintained.

There are some small private solar and wind farms, but they don't produce much in the grand scheme of things (<80MW ea.)

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-02-12 09:11|| 2018-02-12 09:11|| Front Page Top

#5 gov. units were poorly operated and minimally maintained.

That deserves Captain Obvious.

Posted by AlanC 2018-02-12 09:16|| 2018-02-12 09:16|| Front Page Top

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