stbartshopper
Senior Insider
We received this email from friends who live on the island for 6 months of the year and wonder how often it occurs and why it might occur?-
" We had wanted to write this AM to wish you a good day today BUT we haven't had any electricity on the Island since 6 AM this morning! The pool man was locked inside our gate because the elec. went off after he had driven in!! (We eventually got him out of one side of our gate). It has been quite a day, with no water for flushing toilets or washing dishes or anything, not much opening the refrigerator to get food---although we have gas burners so we could boil water --and no food except salads at Do Brazil because they couldn't prepare things.!! We have NO idea what caused the problem, but the Island was virtually shut down. We were at the point of digging out candles---which I had to take to the tenants at our Villa rental---when the electricity came back on at dusk. Needless to say we are grateful!'
" We had wanted to write this AM to wish you a good day today BUT we haven't had any electricity on the Island since 6 AM this morning! The pool man was locked inside our gate because the elec. went off after he had driven in!! (We eventually got him out of one side of our gate). It has been quite a day, with no water for flushing toilets or washing dishes or anything, not much opening the refrigerator to get food---although we have gas burners so we could boil water --and no food except salads at Do Brazil because they couldn't prepare things.!! We have NO idea what caused the problem, but the Island was virtually shut down. We were at the point of digging out candles---which I had to take to the tenants at our Villa rental---when the electricity came back on at dusk. Needless to say we are grateful!'