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MOROVIS, Puerto Rico—The loud buzzing of portable gasoline electric generators has become the norm in this central mountainous region of the battered territory.
It’s been that way for more than three months, ever since Hurricane Maria knocked out 100 percent of electricity on the island of 3.4 million people. Today almost half the island is without power. It’s the longest blackout in American history and will not be over soon because of a shortage of supplies to fix the electrical grid.
“The materials are arriving but at a really slow pace. Sadly, we are hardly working,” said a lineman who preferred not to be identified. “In the meantime, we try to reuse whatever materials that can be found onsite which are rusty and unreliable.”
But - HEY! At least they have paper towels, right? Puerto Rico seems to have been given the deep six. Even the Virgin Islands are getting their electricity going again, but Puerto Rico stands last in line behind Texas and Florida. Many people in Puerto Rico are STILL getting their electricity from emergency generators and they're running out of money to pay for the gas.
The Governor of Puerto Rico had hoped to get the electricity grid in Puerto Rico up and running again by December 15th, then by Christmas and now the Army Corps of Engineers says not until March.
That's what they get for chasing the only company that was willing to help them off the island for political optics reasons. Oh well, they need to wallow in their mire of decisions.
Actually the longest blackout is in the U.S. Virgin Islands. St. Thomas has been out of power since Hurricane Irma, two weeks before Hurricane Maria. We are having the same issue with supplies.
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That's what they get for chasing the only company that was willing to help them off the island for political optics reasons. Oh well, they need to wallow in their mire of decisions.
Not really. The same is true for the U.S. Virgin Islands, next door. We did not have that company. We have crews from all over the U.S. and we are dealing with the same issues and are much smaller.
To say that people should wallow in such conditions is inhumane.
Didn't they hand out a bunch of bonus money to the elites in government ? They must being doing a good job. A real good job. Can't imagine they don't have money for fuel at the district mansions.
That's what they get for chasing the only company that was willing to help them off the island for political optics reasons. Oh well, they need to wallow in their mire of decisions.
While I wouldn't necessarily agree that the people of Puerto Rico need to pay even more dearly for the mistakes of their local leaders, I will agree that it made no sense to chase off a company that already had people on the ground and was ready to commence reconstruction.
While I wouldn't necessarily agree that the people of Puerto Rico need to pay even more dearly for the mistakes of their local leaders, I will agree that it made no sense to chase off a company that already had people on the ground and was ready to commence reconstruction.
I'm not talking about the people, I'm talking about their government who has to answer to the people.
While I wouldn't necessarily agree that the people of Puerto Rico need to pay even more dearly for the mistakes of their local leaders, I will agree that it made no sense to chase off a company that already had people on the ground and was ready to commence reconstruction.
Normally in a disaster politics is put on the sidelines while people team up to help.
Not so for PR as it was politics from start with them and recovery.
But - HEY! At least they have paper towels, right? Puerto Rico seems to have been given the deep six. Even the Virgin Islands are getting their electricity going again, but Puerto Rico stands last in line behind Texas and Florida. Many people in Puerto Rico are STILL getting their electricity from emergency generators and they're running out of money to pay for the gas.
The Governor of Puerto Rico had hoped to get the electricity grid in Puerto Rico up and running again by December 15th, then by Christmas and now the Army Corps of Engineers says not until March.
Merry Christmas, Puerto Rico!
MAGA? I think NOT!
Puerto Rico was nearly non-functioning before the hurricane and now you seem to blame Trump for the inaction and ineptness of a Caribbean Detroit?
Where was Obama when people in Flint were getting poisoned by the water they were drinking?
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