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Puerto Rico plunges into darkness as power outage hits more than 1.3 million customers on New Year's Eve

www.nbcnews.com

Half of Puerto Rico starts the new year in the dark after massive power outage

Summary

Puerto Rico’s latest power outage has left over 1.3 million customers without power on New Year's Eve.

The outage is attributed to an infrastructure problem at a power plant on the island's southern coast.

LUMA, the energy company, is working to restore power in phases, but it may take up to 48 hours.

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Is the Biden administration going do anything about this before Trump takes over and ignores our territory.
- No, but Trump will come over and throw some paper towels again, so that will be nice.
  
  I know you're just trying to make a funny but he did actually call them and offer support.
  President Joe Biden spoke with Pierluisi on Tuesday evening about the outage and offered federal assistance. Biden also spoke with U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and directed her to offer any help needed to speed power restoration on the island.
  https://www.npr.org/2024/12/31/nx-s1-5243984/puerto-rico-power-outage-blackout-new-years-eve
  
  It was toilet paper, but I was afraid of that.
  
  Actually, it was paper towels. Why not fact check before attempting to correct someone?
  Sources: BBC NBC 1 NBC 2
  
  As the person corrected: I knew they were incorrect, but I also didn't think it was worth pointing out because what type of disposable paper product he threw really does not matter at all. It certainly isn't worth being rude to them over it.
  
  Apologies if this came off as rude, I truly meant no harm. While I understand the specifics in this case are relatively trivial to most, my intent was to simply underscore the value of fact checking and attention to detail when correcting someone. This was likely a poor instance to attempt to convey that message.
- Biden called the governor and offered federal aid.

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