Power outage in Yauco

Member since 16 June 2019

Ridha75Member16 June 2019 13:45:42

Hello! I have a friend who lives in Puerto Rico and she told me lately that there were some electricity problems sometimes. Probably because of Hurricanes that happened before. But when she had problems, it was usually for a very short period. But she literally doesn't have any access to whatsapp since Friday night. Basically she has no access to anything because she seems to have no data at all and I assume it's because of an outage there. I have no news from her since Friday night and I start to worry a bit... Does anyone have more informations about a possible huge outage currently there? Thanks!

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Mrkpytn Serial expat

Member since 21 February 2015

MrkpytnSerial expat16 June 2019 15:46:20

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All is fine with power here in Ponce. I have not heard of any major power outages

Ridha75 Member

Member since 16 June 2019

Ridha75Member16 June 2019 19:35:49

Thanks! I just got a message from her and it was apparently a little outage since yesterday! It seems okay now.

ReyP ViP

Member since 09 May 2015

ReyPViP17 June 2019 13:33:53

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The electric company schedules outages for repairs and upgrades, so it is possible your friend missed the advisory.

Iguanas and cats sometimes cause a short on poles and sometimes substations, this can result in minor damage and sometimes significant damage that may take many hours to repair once a group is send to effect the repairs.