Power To The People

At approximately 6:30 AM this morning our power came back on and stayed on all day! At first we thought it was just our 2 hours on because the schedule was all messed up yesterday. Then we read on the BPL Facebook page that the generator pump was fixed and power had been restored. We also learned that there are actually 4 generators and they all cool from the same source and pump, so when the pump has issues, the whole system goes down. They did have 4 pumps at one point as spares, but they weren't lasting as long as expected because of the brackish water they use (a mix of salt and fresh water), and they went through the spares fast. It takes several months to make these custom parts and luckily two were ready to be shipped when this failure happened. That's when they transported them from Arizona, where they were made, to Texas and then flown to Marsh Harbour last night. Below is the C131 plane that flew the 3000 lbs. worth of parts in. This plane was built in the 1950's (but obviously reconditioned) and replaced the old DC 3 planes. Conquest Air has adapted their 4 planes for heavy payloads up to 7500 lbs. They even specialize in transporting horses throughout the Caribbean.

However they got the parts to Abaco, it worked, and it has been so nice and quiet around the settlement today without generators!