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Old 05-16-2007, 11:00 PM
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Default Apagon(lights out) in Santiago
I just got back from the cunada's in downtown Santiago and we live in Gurabo and it looks like the whole central and western area is without power. Anybody know anything?
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Old 05-16-2007, 11:01 PM
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The power outage is general, the entire country is out!!!!
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Old 05-16-2007, 11:07 PM
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The power outage is general, the entire country is out!!!!
Primo - when can we ever know for sure if you're being serious!!!!!!
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Old 05-17-2007, 12:26 AM
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Hehehehe. Especially as there is power here in El Seybo and has been all day. Whay's up primo, You aren't trying as other members have been doing by ascertaining that the area in the west is the pounding heart of the DR and all other areas are just .....................................?
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Old 05-17-2007, 12:28 AM
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Don't know the wHY. fore sure it has been off and on all day. Typical of our dear Jode Norte.

Just got back power. tomorrow another 50 gallons of diesel for the genset. But ahhh, the tranquility of lights 24/7....

HB
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Old 05-17-2007, 09:24 AM
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Ours went out just before 10:00pm last night - we suspected it was a big one because both circuits went off (we live on the 'front line'). The blackout lasted for about two hours.

I look on the bright side - a break from the neighbours' loud aircon for a couple of hours is a rare treat.
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Old 05-17-2007, 10:00 AM
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The report says that the power outage included the entire South and North regions of the DR, and by midnight the CDEEE still had not determined the cause...


"Apagón deja a oscuras regiones Norte y Sur 1:37 AM SANTO DOMINGO.- Las regiones Norte y Sur del país, incluyendo un grupo importante de barrios del Distrito Nacional y la provincia Santo Domingo, quedaron a oscuras anoche cuando, tras producirse un apagón general, cuyas causas los técnicos de la Corporación Dominicana de Empresas Eléctricas Estatales (CDEEE) todavía a medianoche no habían determinado."

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Old 05-17-2007, 01:47 PM
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Mirado:

They'll probably find that a local military or police have stolen the transmission cables.
Lord knows, they need the money!!!

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Old 05-17-2007, 03:28 PM
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They'll probably find that a local military or police have stolen the transmission cables.
Lord knows, they need the money!!!

Texas Bill
Texas Bill, you may not be too far off the mark. The CDEEE still has not given an official response on the cause of last night's general black out. There's talk of a "strange breakdown" on the line between Palamara and Hainamosa, that threw the entire country's interconnected energy system into disarray.

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Old 05-17-2007, 06:25 PM
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Ours went out just before 10:00pm last night -...- The blackout lasted for about two hours.
Wow, two whole hours of blackout, I hope everyone made it through the ordeal okay.

Most of the time we only get that amount of electric every 8-9 hours.

That's probably why we did not notice, everything was NORMAL here.
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