Decay

motomataru Active member

Member since 20 July 2010

motomataruActive member09 March 2016 15:23:26

The electrical infrastructure here has decayed so badly that practically every day there's an explosion in the neighborhood. Today it was my turn. The high tension wire insulator behind my house simply fell apart, provoking three explosions. Of course, there's no way to report an emergency to the utility. The "send" button on the web has been disabled, and by phone one reaches a point where someone is listing every community in PR that the utility serves. After a few minutes of this idiocy, I hung up.

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ReyP ViP

Member since 09 May 2015

ReyPViP09 March 2016 15:42:05

5509

How you posted the picture?

adlin20 ViP

Member since 08 July 2015

adlin20ViP09 March 2016 19:19:55

1057

Yup, how you did it?
Priorities......lol

Karenqc Guest

KarenqcGuest10 March 2016 08:28:36

You select the image icon (it looks like a mountain) and enter the info as necessary.

ReyP ViP

Member since 09 May 2015

ReyPViP10 March 2016 09:43:13

5509

The problem with that is that the picture has to be in a web site first and the link entered in this site in order to work. I wish we could just put pictures up from our computers and phones instead of having to have a web site first.

Probably they don't want to pay for the disk space necessary to host the actual images.

On a separate note ..... The infrastructure in the island is old, both electric and water system and pipes and the whole thing is falling apart as most of the money is either stolen, or wasted in salaries for excessive workforce. Unlike in the US where companies are constantly trying to cut operational and wages while demanding more from the workers, in PR we just trow more people in. 2 workers with a shovel, 2 supervisors, 2 supervisors supervising the supervisors, 1 driver, etc. Just for 1 single pothole. So basically 2 guys working and 4 to 5 talking.

trekrider520 Serial expat

Member since 26 December 2013

trekrider520Serial expat10 March 2016 13:33:37

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Hopefully the work continues on the water infrastructure in case there's more rationing in the coming months. Last summer during the rationing, it was pointed out that 60-80% of the water (depending on the new source) leaving the reservoirs is either lost due to leaky pipes or stolen. In the metro area alone, over 1000 leaky pipes were addressed each week during rationing.