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right, instead he was getting federal supplies to them through the navy and the army.
He was? That's not the what I heard, he waited until today to deploy the US Medical Ship Comfort, it will take 4 days to ready and 5 days after that to arrive. And the hurricane hit Puerto Rico on Sept 20th, six days ago. So far the feds have provided 4 million ready-to-eat meals and 6 million liters of water. That's less than a day's supply for each of the island's 3.4 million U.S. citizens. Sounds like this disaster relief is about as botched as Katrina was.
here are what a few news sources have to say about this huge disaster relief:
These are the top 3 Puerto Rican communities in the U.S. The vast majority of them will most likely be heading for these cities.
I wish them well and much success if they stay here.
New York City, NY - 723,621
Philadelphia, PA - 121,643
Chicago, IL - 102,703
Forgot orlando kissimme in particular - huge population and with our weather and economy they will come .
Local news just reported an American in PR said they're stuck in their hotel and they know there are planes coming and going, but they don't know how to get to them.
A United plane just landed from PR and they'll fly all people to their next destination for free if they're not staying in Chicago. So some efforts are being made, it seems, but it sounds like it's not enough.
I know you don't mean anything by it but wouldn't it be better to say Mainland American since it is technically mostly Americans on the island.
As citizens, all it takes is a short plane ride from Puerto Rico to the States.
Many Wall Street traders took up residence there to avoid taxes. If there is a max exodus by all the native Puerto Ricans, I wouldn't be surprised if private money rebuilt the Island and made it impossible for them to return.
A United plane just landed from PR and they'll fly all people to their next destination for free if they're not staying in Chicago. So some efforts are being made, it seems, but it sounds like it's not enough.
Efforts to help after a disaster will never be "enough" since we can't magically move everyone or fix PR. It's a process and it won't be perfect because nothing can be. I'm convinced we are doing all we can under the circumstance and hate seeing people complain about everything as they sit comfortably at their computers.
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