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One has to admire Puerto Rican's sense of humor throughout the best and worse of times.
Four hours before Irma made landfall on PR, I called my 80 year old father and his wife. As in previous hurricanes, he was prepared, waiting for its arrival, and laughing off any concern he may've had.
Now, Maria is bearing down and it seems worse than Irma. Worried for my DIL s family, who will gather inland again at grandparents farm. Their homes near the ocean made it through Irma ok, but a cabin on Vieques was damaged.
Maria seems to be tracking right smack through the center of the country.
This is bad. Maria is Cat 5 and will hit St. Croix and Vieques and march straight up to SJU from the SE Corner of PR at least at Cat 4. St. Croix dodged Irma. Not this time. It will take years to clean everything up and get back to some level of normalcy. Evacuations from the U.S.V.I. continue, and there are thousands still waiting to get out, but can't. A number of people went from St. John to St. Croix, only to face the next hurricane. This is really bad.
theres an app being used called Zello, you download it for your phone and find channels 'huracan maria' and whatever town you want. some info coming out of that but it isnt verifiable or filtered. also you get a bunch of people asking about neighborhood this or that more than you get info.
there is nothing out of mayaguez yet as the national guard post there is out of communication. base ramey is sending recon flights apparently and prepping for receiving emergency aid.
Wow...the whole island lost power. For years, others warned about the power grid being outdated and in need of an upgrade.
Before losing power, my cousin who lives in Carolina (specifically Country Club) mentioned that the streets were like rivers. She is elderly. I hope she is okay...
We lived in PR from 1969-1973. Never in that time did a hurricane hit. My mother hated with a passion living in PR. OMG---if a hurricane like Maria hit while we were there, I believe that my mother would have really lost it---yikes!
Further up in this thread, a mention was made about how these 2 almost back-to-back hurricanes will hasten the departure of more people heading to the Mainland. I had that same thought.
My Wife's cousin in Vega Baja posted some pics today...trees down, non Native species ( mostly Norfolk Pines.with a small and shallow root base)
Power poles leaning over but not knocked down..Streams overran their usual depth, but it appears they have receded, but clogged with debris..roads littered with branches, but people still walking about checking on nabes.. .
It was only 5 pics ...and encompassed about a kilometer ..but the houses appear not to have any structural damage.
My wifes whole family have lived on this same meandering street in Vega Baja since 1918..
Can't speak for other areas of Vega Baja..
But may God be with them.
My girlfriend's grandpa lives in Vega Baja and his house had a tree fall on it, her whole family had gone to that house from Manati to ride it out. There are apparently hundred of evacuees at the Manati Walmart and there should be a public list available soon I've read. It's good that your wife's cousin has service, we still haven't been able to speak to the girlfriend's family. Really worried about her dad's house, that area of Manati got flooded pretty badly (near Playa Mar Chiquita)
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