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To: TheConservativeTejano

I heard 16,000 miles of electric wire has to be strung. That’s after they get the poles and transformers. No telling how many electric meters. There was some celeb ninny the other day who just couldn’t understand why a ‘generator ship’ couldn’t just drive up and plug in.

Geraldo was doing a live shot from the PR. Cars driving around him like a normal day. Maybe gas isn’t in as short a supply as we thought, so there should be plenty for generators.


18 posted on 09/29/2017 7:25:53 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: blueplum

Partner, the electrical grid of PR almost has to be rebuilt. The electric poles are made of wood and the 200 mph winds did some damage. The electrical poles are scattered all over the place.

Yup, they need the poles to be put up and then you have to put up transformers all over the place since a lot of them were destroyed. I think the electrical side is going to be the biggest project on this island.

We live in Texas and we had no power for 2 and 1/2 weeks after Hurricane IKE. Of course, the electrical guys contracted out the removal of trees that had fallen on wires and brought down electric poles and transformers. What a mess!!! PR has a much greater monumental task of rebuilding the electrical infrastructure that is needed to restore electrical power.

The Teamsters union for the Truck drivers is pure unadulterated RAT gamesmanship to show that President Trump is not helping out get the supplies out to the needy folks.

The Truck drivers are now saying they want to be paid upfront to make deliveries of supplies. They said they are on strike. I think this is why President Trump is down in PR right now.

43 posted on 10/03/2017 3:27:44 PM PDT by TheConservativeTejano
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