Nationwide Power Outage

[Trini Hookah]

8:10am back up in Chasevillage and
8:20am back up in Cunupia

well at least it wasn't like the TV series Revolution, no power on anything, cars or phones or anything power related, back to pre-historic times .

once we thought we couldn't do without internet, then it was water, then we realized that power was more important, seems Gas is most important now

It's a power outage, not an EMP

[SR]

not a police was in sight at any of the major traffic light intersections........

[pete]

How long before wasa pumps kick in?

[Team Loco]

marabella good to go

[Mr. Go Slow]

Carenage still out. Spoke to a brother in Diego, no power there as well

[TG7788]

Restored in Princes Town.

[yakuza]

But if I remember properly the boast was that TGU can carry a large amount or all the load for the country.
Would have been a good chance for then to do it.

these things cant just be done on the spur of the moment, they have to be planned

While TGU can supply a large chunk of power, they are not yet connected to the grid, transmission lines have to be built and to do that a lot of privately owned land has to be acquired..... and we all know how the hi way land acquisition went.

[K74T]

Policemen at traffic lights yet?

No, they busy at tarouba stadium

[nigie]

Back up in Tunapuna north

[saxman642]

Still out in Diego...

[MadCrix]

anything on POS?

[saxman642]

Yes, it is a double post:

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/BRE ... 86341.html

BBREAKING NEWS: PRIME MINISTER ISSUES STATEMENT ON BLACKOUT

Story Created: Mar 29, 2013 at 8:16 AM ECT

Story Updated: Mar 29, 2013 at 8:54 AM ECT

In response to the nation-wide power outage, the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in her capacity as Chair of the National Security Council ordered an increase in the national security alert.

Subsequently, the Prime Minister issued a statement regarding the measures taken.

Following is the statement released by the Prime Minister:

"This precautionary measure was enacted to ensure that law and order was maintained, and critical infrastructure remained secure during the blackout.

The Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force and Trinidad and Tobago Police Service were mobilised and deployed, supported by air patrols from the National Security Operations Centre, into several key areas throughout the country.

There was one reported incident of attempted looting at a supermarket in Barataria, but this was prevented due to the intervention of law enforcement officials on the scene.

Coordination of the security effort continues via the National Strategic Command and the National Emergency Operations Centre, comprising all emergency systems and these agencies are prepared to respond to any incident if necessary.

The Chair of the National Security Council has requested a full report from the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs and the Ministry of Public Utilities as to the cause of the blackout and what contingencies or redundancies should be put in place to avoid a recurrence of such a situation.

The public is assured that all necessary agencies are working to rectify the problem."

[ruffneck_12]

How long before wasa pumps kick in?

ent?
I have current in El Dorado
no water as yet

I cud handle brushing teeth and drinking water from the tank and using napkin as plate , but I just rel dreading having to flush my toilet with a bucket-o-water lol

bess we go river for the day yes, sheit inna bamboo patch

[src1983]

Back in williamsville

[RapToR]

back in sfdo

[Biggs3ne]

Still nothing in curepe

[TG7788]

From the looks of things in Princes Town, the mAS$ES have assembled at the gas station.

[Rx]

In before 10am...

South back to normal about 2hrs now


Why allyuh waking up at 1am to post this?


Water pressure lil low though....

Heard rumours about Level 1 security alert?

[nightwolf]

Back in Trincity

[DVSTT]

Mayaro and Gasparillo now got back

[rfari]

Rima up

[Invisible]

Restored in Princes Town.

Not all of Princes Town

[TheBoostLord]

Not all in barataria as well

[speedmelter]

current is back mofos!!!!! in arima

[skylinechild]

Mayaro and Gasparillo now got back

WTF...things hard in Gasparillo ....I got back power a little after 8am.
my location freeport.

[rfari]

Rima. Oaarr!

[volcanosnowstorm]

From the looks of things in Princes Town, the mAS$ES have assembled at the gas station.

Traffic owa? :/ I hadda parse dey jus now

[King Kool]

Barataria powered back up!

[pete]

From the looks of things in Princes Town, the mAS$ES have assembled at the gas station.

Traffic owa? :/ I hadda parse dey jus now

Must have heard gas shortage and thought gasoline instead of natural gas..

[TG7788]

Yup. Traffic through the town right now. Flowing from east to west. Standstill from west to east.