Hurricane Maria/Crisis in Puerto Rico

stuckinline
stuckinline Posts: 3,406
edited September 2017 in A Moving Train
Post edited by stuckinline on
«134

Comments

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    A rough year for the Caribbean.  Seven dead in Dominica.  This one is predicted to stay off the US coast but too early to tell.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Terrible what has happened to Puerto Rico.  I can't even imagine.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/22/at-least-6-dead-in-puerto-rico-due-to-hurricane-maria-officials-say/

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Reading some of the latest news on Puerto Rico, several questions come to mind.  Many or most of the residents in Puerto Rico will be out of power for months.  Most of the gas stations are down.  Puerto Rico hugely suburban.  How will the people there live, get by?  Where will all the money come from that's needed to rebuild when Houston and many other parts of the Gulf region are a wreck?

    Speaking of, what's going on in places like Houston?  Irma and Harvey have only been gone for a matter of weeks and yet how much do we hear about the havoc left in their wake.  What has happened to the people who lost everything there?

    And where is this all going to take us when the US debt is already sky high?  Is this the beginning of what James Howard Kunstler refers to as "The Long Emergency"? 

    I'd say this is a good time for all of us to learn to live a more simple life.  Learn some good basic skills.  Live closer to work.  And have a good circle of friends.  Life is getting interesting.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,406
    Many people can't image living without power for six days yet alone six months.

    The former Presidents are taking action:

    Former Presidents expand hurricane relief efforts to Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands 

    "One America Appeal," the hurricane relief effort established by all five living former US Presidents -- Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama -- will now include aid for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, which were hit by Hurricane Maria.

    The fund was established to aid relief efforts in Texas after Hurricane Irma, and was later expanded to include Hurricane Irma recovery efforts in Florida.

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    stuckinline said:
    Many people can't image living without power for six days yet alone six months.

    The former Presidents are taking action:

    Former Presidents expand hurricane relief efforts to Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands 

    "One America Appeal," the hurricane relief effort established by all five living former US Presidents -- Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama -- will now include aid for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, which were hit by Hurricane Maria.

    The fund was established to aid relief efforts in Texas after Hurricane Irma, and was later expanded to include Hurricane Irma recovery efforts in Florida.

    Meanwhile, the current president Tweets about football.  Man....
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,406

    (CNN)Rapper Pitbull sent his private plane to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to transport cancer patients to the mainland US for chemotherapy treatments. 

    Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico in ruins, with mass power outages and almost half the residents without drinking water. Of the island's 69 hospitals, only 11 had fuel and power on Tuesday.
    The lack of electricity and fuel have yielded dire consequences.
    At a hospital in San Juan, two people died in an intensive care unit after it ran out of diesel, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said. And 12 children continue to depend on generators and batteries to keep ventilators running at San Jorge Children's Hospital. 
      The 36-year-old rapper hasn't been public about the part he's playing to ferry patients. When contacted by CNN, he said through a spokesman, "Thank God we're blessed to help. Just doing my part." 

    • tempo_n_groove
      tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
      Should I send money, donate supplies or both?

      Anyone close to the matter have some ideas?
    • HughFreakingDillon
      HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
      tempo_n_groove said:
      Should I send money, donate supplies or both?

      Anyone close to the matter have some ideas?
      from what I've read about it this morning, supplies are plentiful, but it's the humans they need to deliver them. I saw a picture of a whole wack of storage containers full of supplies, with no truck drivers to deliver them. 
      By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




    • oftenreading
      oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
      HughFreakingDillon said:
      tempo_n_groove said:
      Should I send money, donate supplies or both?

      Anyone close to the matter have some ideas?
      from what I've read about it this morning, supplies are plentiful, but it's the humans they need to deliver them. I saw a picture of a whole wack of storage containers full of supplies, with no truck drivers to deliver them. 
      How awful, to think that what they need is right there but can't be provided to them. 
      my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
    • HughFreakingDillon
      HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
      oftenreading said:
      HughFreakingDillon said:
      tempo_n_groove said:
      Should I send money, donate supplies or both?

      Anyone close to the matter have some ideas?
      from what I've read about it this morning, supplies are plentiful, but it's the humans they need to deliver them. I saw a picture of a whole wack of storage containers full of supplies, with no truck drivers to deliver them. 
      How awful, to think that what they need is right there but can't be provided to them. 
      http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/us/puerto-rico-aid-problem/index.html
      By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




    • HughFreakingDillon
      HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
      oftenreading said:
      HughFreakingDillon said:
      tempo_n_groove said:
      Should I send money, donate supplies or both?

      Anyone close to the matter have some ideas?
      from what I've read about it this morning, supplies are plentiful, but it's the humans they need to deliver them. I saw a picture of a whole wack of storage containers full of supplies, with no truck drivers to deliver them. 
      How awful, to think that what they need is right there but can't be provided to them. 
      http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/us/puerto-rico-aid-problem/index.html
      By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




    • HughFreakingDillon
      HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
      oftenreading said:
      HughFreakingDillon said:
      tempo_n_groove said:
      Should I send money, donate supplies or both?

      Anyone close to the matter have some ideas?
      from what I've read about it this morning, supplies are plentiful, but it's the humans they need to deliver them. I saw a picture of a whole wack of storage containers full of supplies, with no truck drivers to deliver them. 
      How awful, to think that what they need is right there but can't be provided to them. 
      http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/us/puerto-rico-aid-problem/index.html
      By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




    • stuckinline
      stuckinline Posts: 3,406
      Can the National Guard help distribute the supplies?
    • PJ_Soul
      PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,678
      edited September 2017
      stuckinline said:
      Can the National Guard help distribute the supplies?
      There are already some NG troops down there, but obviously not anywhere near enough. The US Army is also down there, apparently.... but it looks like the entire US military isn't powerful enough to bring aid to 3.5 million of its own citizens. I mean, they only have an annual budget of $825 billion. How are they supposed to pull off the near impossible job of distributing supplies to Americans suffering a humanitarian crisis with that?? :angry:
      Post edited by PJ_Soul on
      With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
    • brianlux
      brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
      edited September 2017
      PAWS and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society stepping up to help in the Caribbean Islands post hurricanes:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucZN3pYi2-Q

      Post edited by brianlux on
      "It's a sad and beautiful world"
      -Roberto Benigni

    • Kat
      Kat Posts: 4,961

      Falling down,...not staying down
    • F Me In The Brain
      F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,814
      But kneeling at a football game is more important.  (!!!!!)
      The love he receives is the love that is saved
    • RunIntoTheRain
      RunIntoTheRain Texas Posts: 1,032
      edited October 2017
      Kat said:

      Thank you to this group helping in PR. I watched several of the videos from Jason Maddy. Wow.
      Post edited by RunIntoTheRain on
    • brianlux
      brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
      Kat said:

      Unbelievable.  And frustrating because what can most of us do?
      "It's a sad and beautiful world"
      -Roberto Benigni

    • Bentleyspop
      Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,421
      As of today 18% of the island has electricity
      At this rate it will take 6 months or more to get to 100%.

      Yup the white house is doing some good work

    Categories