Island's power grid was shaky, then Maria hit
by By Ruben Vives and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
Sep 28, 2017
4 minutes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - At a public housing complex just outside the tourist district in Old San Juan, residents must make their way beneath a downed electrical pole to get in the front door. Another broken power pole blocks the road outside, and a third is sprawled next to the parking lot out back.
"At Fortaleza they have light, but not here," said Rosa Rivera, 53, a retired maintenance worker, referring to the governor's official residence. Rivera was sitting outside in her wheelchair Thursday to avoid the suffocating heat inside with no air conditioning.
Angel Perez, who lives nearby in the upscale Condado neighborhood, has called the city repeatedly to find
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