Argentina, Uruguay suffer massive power blackout

[sanatanadharma]

3. Power back up in Montevideo about five hours after failure

Some locations in Paraguay and Chili were also blacked out.
In this part of South America, we have now and have had a lot of rain for the better part of a week. Predictions exist for dangerous winds.
Apparently the blackout spread from a failure of two high power distribution lines near the Paraguay-Argentina border, along the river.

From what I can understand of the espanol in noticias aqui, Uruguay shut down, disconnecting from the multi-nation grid for safety (perhaps automatic).
I was in the bano (I know- no nyos nor accentos) when the light went out; looking out the window revealed a wide black out.
Too bad the sky was not clear to see the clouds.
I missed the great north-east blackout of 1965(?) because I was at the University of Kansas, not my Massachusetts home.