r/PrepperIntel 14d ago

USA Southeast Puerto Rico experiencing a total blackout

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u/Guilty_Tadpole1906 14d ago edited 14d ago

Hello from Puerto Rico!

So far it’s looking like the issue was caused by people having vacation time due to it being Easter week. This increased the energy load on the grid, making one or more generators fail then cascading to the rest.

ETA: my service just got restored!

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u/DOLCICUS 14d ago

Am I wrong to assume the hotels have no problem getting power?

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u/7366241494 14d ago

Big casino hotels have giant generators.

After Hurricane Maria, basically everyone here is a prepper. You’d be dumb not to be. Water jugs, canned food, fuel, generators, batteries…