Karin Schlesinger's plaintive Facebook message caught the Inquiring Iguana's attention.
"Any recent news on the continued power outage on st john? it's been a long day without power here in Pastory."
And she wasn't the only one, or hers the only neighborhood, with no juice. In fact, all or parts of of St. John, and St. Thomas and Water Island were "in the dark" Wednesday.
The problem was an oil leak in the Water and Power Authority's "workhorse generator," the St. John Source explained in its report.
The leak brought the machine to a stop early in the morning. Backup generators couldn't handle the loads and so, one by one, the dominos fell and the other generators shut down.
By Noon, WAPA had begun to restore power in some areas, but it was 7 p.m. until Schlesinger – and St. John – were back in business.
Mary Metzger Jenkins posted on her Facebook page, "Watching a ceiling fan work is a beautiful thing."
We were in a villa on Contant Pt. and thankfully, Cruz Bay fired up their emergency generator and our power was restored by early afternoon. After spending many years on Tortola, where power outages were a daily occurance, this didn’t disturb our plans…off to the beach for awhile.