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MASSIVE Blackout in Puerto Rico
9 years ago
So yesterday around 2:30-3:00ish pm a fire erupted at a power plant that supplies electricity to the entire population of Puerto Rico, 3.5 million people had no power in their homes. The public train stopped, traffic lights shut off, university classes cancelled, massive traffic jams, complete total shut down.
Power today is slowly returning but I've heard so far 1.5 million people are still without power. I still have friends who have had their lights off since yesterday, some have been luckier and had their power restored, others are getting power back only to lose it again. Electric bills are already way more expensive here than the mainland US due to the debt crisis the island finds itself in and now this shit happens.
Puerto Rico has been spiraling downward for years and no one in the US really seems to care all that much.
Power today is slowly returning but I've heard so far 1.5 million people are still without power. I still have friends who have had their lights off since yesterday, some have been luckier and had their power restored, others are getting power back only to lose it again. Electric bills are already way more expensive here than the mainland US due to the debt crisis the island finds itself in and now this shit happens.
Puerto Rico has been spiraling downward for years and no one in the US really seems to care all that much.
I find humor in one thing. That there is a tag team in the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) called The Shining Stars that are from Puerto Rico that brag about how great, grand and beautiful Puerto Rico is and how everyone should just go there.