Major blackout leaves half of Cuba, including Havana in the dark for hours

Tuesday, September 11th 2012 - 05:55 UTC

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A failure in a main transmission line in central Cuba caused a blackout that cut electricity for hours to more than half the country on Sunday night, but now power has been mostly restored, the government said on Monday. Read full article

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ChrisR
Well they have been stumbling around in the dark for 50 years due to the two old farts 'running', or should that be ruining, the country?

Failures like these are a given with old, electro-mechanical control gear.
Sep 11th, 2012 - 07:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ManRod
BK and Think's heaven....
Sep 12th, 2012 - 03:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rufus
I do like the euphamisms that power companies use everywhere...

The last time we had a power cut it was because some burk on a bulldozer had “interrupted” (i.e. severed) a HV cable that had thrown the trip switches for the equivalent of three city blocks and a mile of streetlights.
Sep 13th, 2012 - 01:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
“Blackouts are not uncommon in Cuba”

So why report this one like its the end of the world. Of course Cuba has difficulties, its not easy living with the blockade...
Sep 16th, 2012 - 07:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ManRod
“its not easy living with the blockade...”

such a cheap excuse... I get Cohibas, Montecristo, Romeo y Julietas and Havanna Club everywhere (except in the US). SO it's definitely not the Blockade, which keeps them in the age or darkness... literary
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