Puerto Rico gets hit hard, how does an entire island lose power for 4 months

vesty wrote:

There were places in Queens, within site of Manhattan, where power was out for months after Sandy. And it wasn't even a hurricane, let alone a Cat 5.

That's because the Cones morons had a major substation built on the East River at sea level. Nothing could go wrong with that plan right?

ConEdison morons

Prayers for Puerto Rico wrote:

Don't they have generators or an alternative source of power?

Can they not run a giant power line from the Dominican Republic

You think that works with jumper cables from car to car like you do in your trailer park?

DOCTORJ wrote:

Prayers for Puerto Rico wrote:

Don't they have generators or an alternative source of power?

Can they not run a giant power line from the Dominican Republic

You think that works with jumper cables from car to car like you do in your trailer park?

Yeah. He uses rabbit ears to get TV signal for free. There is free electricity in the air. Puerto Rico just needs to put up a lot of rabbit ears. Problema resuelto.

Apart from the personal cost, I'd say this is a good thing this has happened. Maybe now, Puerto Rico will fall in line and vote Yes to statehood instead of leaching off its support country, but not wanting any of the burden. This would have never happened if it was a state and we had officials evaluate infrastructure. Sad!

RATON wrote:

dbags wrote:

triple whoooosh since his reply to the first reply went right over "your" head.

OMG, a triple whooosh!!! You used WAY to much paper when wiping your mouth and flushing the toilet. Respect the environment; don't be wasteful.

WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE

Coach JS_The__Sweed_Wiz_1ne wrote:

Did someone say Island?

Did someone say "bankrupt?" They were totally bust before this golden shower. No Telenovella for you amigos.

So they ain't got no $$ nor credit to get stuff. Who's gonna lend money that you know you will never get back?

Expect more losers to wash up on our shores with out a job skill or worse, motivation to do anything more than sit around, smoke weed, drink beer and bitch about how awful Trump is.

Also of note, Puerto Rico's power company is a government owned monopoly where the board of directors is appointed by the island's governor. Basically whenever turnover happens politically, a new governor will place their friends to oversee the utility. Good for politics.. not good for reliable and cost effective electrical service.

The amount of money it costs to rebuild a relatively small substation can be in the millions of dollars, and that will increase exponentially when you start rebuilding higher voltage transmission lines and stations. Lead times on major pieces of equipment can be 4-8 months so if there isn't anything in stock for emergencies they could definitely be out for a long period of time. I'd bet that some areas that weren't hit as bad will be up sooner, but it's a long road ahead for them.

This entire thread is a mess.

Have a good weekend, people.

Old Man Runner wrote:

Why isn't the US sending help to Puerto Rico? It's a freaking Canadian province, after all. We should help out our Southern friends from the North.

Are you insane? Puerto Rico is a US Territory and the inhabitants are US Citizens.

7/10, utterly ridiculous premise but not one person has called this out as a blatant troll thread.

Prayers for Puerto Rico wrote:

Can they not run a giant power line from the Dominican Republic

^Really? Yall should be ashamed. Pretty funny watching your dumb azzes get mad though.

I think you'll find that parts of the power grid will come on line soon. Hospitals, police, first responders, etc. Then spots will come on gradually over time. The whole islands won't be out for 4 months, but it will be 4 months before substantial progress is made. By the way I've heard that 4 months is an WAG.

Of course the media jumped all over the 4 month figure, and implied that the whole island would be out until then.

Agree they need our prayers.

Would this not be a teaching moment for the efficacy of solar power or wind power?

They could a banked a year of electricity from wind mills from these two hurricanes.

Now their hydro electric dam is about to burst, unless Jim Cantore sticks his big head in the dyke.

Nice beaches, but, in effect, a third world country.

NativeNewYorker wrote:

Would this not be a teaching moment for the efficacy of solar power or wind power?

They could a banked a year of electricity from wind mills from these two hurricanes.

Now their hydro electric dam is about to burst, unless Jim Cantore sticks his big head in the dyke.

clearly you have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to "banking" electricity.. Also when wind gusts are above 80-90mph wind turbines are shut down so they are not damaged.

Old Man Runner wrote:

Interesting fact about Puerto Rico.

It was originally called Puerto Nuevo but was re-named in 2005 after the breakout performance of one the country's native sons, Uncle Rico, in the blockbuster film Napolean Dynamite.

No, it was originally called San Juan and the port city was Puerto Rico, but a moronic map maker (probably a leftist) got them transposed and it stuck.

NativeNewYorker wrote:

Now their hydro electric dam is about to burst, unless Jim Cantore sticks his big head in the dyke.

Pro tip: check the definitions of "dyke" and "dike."

I was going to give you mad props for a kinky troll, but realized that a simple solecism was more likely to have occurred.

Electro Man wrote:

Agree they need our prayers.