Power went out again in an area of Puerto Rico with close to a million residents and not a word has been heard from the racist resident of the White House who is presiding over the longest blackout in U.S. history. How long are we going to stand by and allow this? Today is day 163 for residents who still don’t have power on the island and those who have it never know when they will lose it. This happened right after the U.S. government slashes the “loan” to the beleaguered island and as power companies pull workers from PR.
Blackout hits Puerto Rico after 2 power plants shut down
March 1 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A blackout hit Puerto Rico’s capital and surrounding areas Thursday after two of the U.S. territory’s main power plants shut down, a failure that came amid warnings from officials that the power company is struggling to remain operational.
The capital of San Juan was left without power along with the neighboring municipalities of Caguas, Bayamon and Carolina, company spokeswoman Yohari Molina told The Associated Press. She said crews were working to repair the problem but that it wasn’t clear how many customers were affected by the outage. More than 970,000 people live in the areas hit by the blackout.
I really have very little to say here—I’m on the phone leaving a message for my congressperson who is a Republican who doesn’t give a damn, and for my Senators who are Democrats — who do. This is a nightmare that seems to have no end in sight and to make matters worse CBS News correspondent David Begnaud is reporting that officials are considering water rationing for the western side of the island.
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