Puerto Rico's power is back on - but outages are still happening. Business owners say it's a struggle to recover.

"It's very, very surreal because we were about to have the whole system online today - and the technicians were already working before we opened the lunch service - and all of a sudden the system went out again," Gabriel Hernandez, the chef and co-owner of Verde Mesa, stated. This highlights the continual struggle local businesses face even after getting power restored.

"Once the power's restored, there's another layer of work that has to be done, which is to check our produce, check if our refrigerators are working, check our antenna and WiFi," Hernandez explained. This statement reflects the additional operational challenges businesses confront post-outage.

Operational difficulties have worsened as Hernandez mentioned he had to reduce the restaurant's seating capacity to below 50% of normal. He acknowledged that the losses incurred from the recent outages are already in the thousands, emphasizing the economic impact of such infrastructure failures.

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