Hurricane Maria

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^^^ Truly shocking.

 

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The Trump administration is rushing to distance itself from Whitefish Energy's Puerto Rico contract

 

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Six Weeks After Maria, San Juan Mayor Arrives In D.C. For Help, Has Hearing Cancelled Without Explanation

Six weeks after the hurricane hit, Cruz came to Washington, D.C. to testify alongside FEMA Administrator Brock Long in front of the House Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Rolling Stone reports.

However, just before the hearing was set to begin on Wednesday, it was canceled abruptly without explanation.

Not to be deterred, Cruz met with several Democrats, and later members of the press.

"The story is not a good-news story. It is a life-and-death story. Survival cannot be our new way of life," Cruz said. "While the American people have had a big heart, President Trump has had a big mouth, and he has used it to insult the people of Puerto Rico."

Reports coming from Puerto Rico have painted a dire picture. Many on the island are still without potable water and electricity. Governor Ricardo Rosselló's office has stated that 82 percent of the island has water, but residents claim that percentage is nowhere near the truth.

According to the USA Today, Carmen Maldonado, mayor of the city of Morovis, said that despite the governor’s claims of improved water service, none of the 13 neighborhoods in her city has water.

Others say that the water that is available is unsafe to drink. Medical professionals who have journeyed to the island have reported a devastating number of people suffering from the unclean water.

Residents' symptoms have ranged from vomiting and diarrhea to conjunctivitis (pink eye), scabies and asthma. There have been an estimated 74 suspected cases of leptospirosis, which is caused by a dangerous waterborne bacteria, reported.

 

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Puerto Rico raises official Hurricane Maria death toll from 64 to 2,975

Not as many as the above estimate, but still too many seeing as how the US government could have done much more wrt the relief effort whilst the orange fool was complaining about the cost.

 

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Puerto Rican 'Anarchistic Organizers' Took Power Into Their Own Hands After Hurricane Maria
11/09/18

In August, nearly one year after Hurricane Maria wrecked Puerto Rico’s electrical grid and plunged its 3.4 million residents into darkness, island officials heralded a milestone: The lights were back on. The state-owned electric company even tweeted a photo of a smiling family it said was the last to receive power.

But Christine Nieves, an activist in Mariana, didn’t celebrate. She and her small mountain community near the southeastern coast had already restored electricity—on their own. Tired of waiting on the government’s halting repairs, she worked with a band of self-described “anarchistic organizers” from the mainland to install a small solar grid, one of more than a dozen like-minded efforts across Puerto Rico. By the time electric workers showed up, Mariana was two months ahead of them.

 

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