Puerto Rico

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Come on man - Stop letting facts get in the way.

The mindless sheep on the left are just going to eat up all these initial opening tweets that talk about incompetence and ignore any later retractions.

There is absolutely nothing that this administration can do that will make a difference. I take solace in the fact that the rabid/emotional left is just a loud minority and when elections happen the silent majority shows up and proves what this country believes in.
 
Jaw said:
The Posse Comitatus law mentioned in the above article has not received enough attention during this crisis.

Some people have suggested we suspend it for the duration of the Puerto Rican recovery. Given that the primary purpose of Posse Comitatus is to protect the country from a President intent on using the military to implement a police state, I doubt that many people will support that idea.
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Thanks for sharing. Its fascinating how PR being part of the US complicates things more than a foreign nation. Great little factoid.
 
Don't mind 57, he is just a mindless partisan hack who cheered when Scalese was shot and was disappointed more Republicans were not shot. So this does not surprise me he dumps on Republicans knowing that their is not much they can do with what they are doing now and if Obama was in office same issues they see now (unless he had the Starship Enterprise ready to beam supplies to areas were aircraft can't get to) or probably worse because he would have try to blame industries and the harm to the climate first to rattle people's cages.
 
Scalise deserved everything he got. Don't pretend he was an innocent victim. People who spend their entire political career denying basic human rights and putting innocent people in cages have no right to complain when vigilantes come for them. He is an absolute monster.
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/puerto-rico-crisis/puerto-rico-governor-quarter-island-should-have-power-next-month-n806581

About a quarter of Puerto Rico will regain power by next month, Puerto Rico's governor, Ricardo Rosselló, said at a press conference Monday.

The governor also said that almost half — 47 percent — of residents have running water and the number should climb to 60 percent by the end of the week. About 37 percent of Puerto Ricans have cell phone service, he reported, though some areas are still cut off from communication.
 
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/02/in-puerto-rico-acute-shortages-plunge-the-masses-into-a-struggle-for-survival.html

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello reported progress in getting fuel supplies to the island's 3.4 million inhabitants on Monday as they faced a 13th day largely without power after the U.S. territory was devastated by Hurricane Maria.

The ramping up of fuel supplies should allow more Puerto Ricans to operate generators and travel more freely where the state of the roads allows.

"We've been increasing the number of gas stations that are open," Rossello said at a news briefing, with more than 720 of the island's 1,100 gas stations now up and running.

Puerto Rico relies on fuel supplies shipped from the mainland United States and distribution has been disrupted by the bad state of roads.

Nearly two weeks after the fiercest hurricane to hit the island in 90 years, some residents got cell phone service back on Sunday. Others gathered at bars for drinking and dancing

after a dry law was lifted this weekend.

The ramping up of fuel supplies should allow more Puerto Ricans to operate generators and travel more freely where the state of the roads allows.

"We've been increasing the number of gas stations that are open," Rossello said at a news briefing, with more than 720 of the island's 1,100 gas stations now up and running.

Puerto Rico relies on fuel supplies shipped from the mainland United States and distribution has been disrupted by the bad state of roads.

"We will be receiving more fuel supplies in the coming days," said Rossello, who is expecting some 300,000 barrels of diesel on Wednesday and 100,000 barrels of gasoline. Within the next couple of days, he expects 500,000 barrels of diesel and close to 1 million of gasoline to arrive on the island.

"The flow is coming, gasoline is getting here," Rossello said. "We have been able to reduce the time that it takes to get gasoline and diesel at different stations."

He said 8,800 people now were housed in 140 shelters. There were as many as 500 shelters in operation 10 days ago.

He said 47 percent of water and sewer service is up but there is variation across the island.

Federal and local authorities were working together to keep 50 hospitals operational and Rossello said the U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort would arrive in Puerto Rico between

Tuesday and Wednesday.
 
2 weeks later half the people have water and in a month 25% will have power

oh yeah, the whole island has an empty golf cup.
how fitting.
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like I said, if one is doing a good job they dont have to advertise -- they are doing a good job
 
During an appearance on Fox and Friends Sunday, FEMA Deputy Administrator Dr. Daniel Kaniewski complimented Governor Ricardo Rosselló, saying that "we've had a strong and collaborative relationship with the governor." He also complimented most of the mayors, saying that FEMA has had a good working relationship with 77 of the 78 municipalities.

"Your answer leaves out one of the 78," Fox and Friends host Pete Hegseth pointed out. "Do you believe that San Juan has been a good-faith partner -- a part of the unified effort?

"I can just say that the mayor of San Juan has not participated substantially in any efforts of the joint field office," Kaniewski replied.

"That's where all three levels -- federal, commonwealth and the locals -- work together to develop plans, to execute those plans, and to deliver aid to those in need," he explained. "Other mayors have been participating. They're connected to us either by satellite phone in far-off areas all around Puerto Rico, as well as being on site." Kaniewski pointed out that "this is in San Juan where this joint field office is" (Yulin Cruz's city).
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A female police officer from Guaynabo called into a New York radio station in tears last week, complaining that Yulen Cruz was not allowing anyone to distribute supplies while Puerto Ricans were "dying of hunger."

She accused the mayor of being more concerned with politically expedient optics than with getting help out to the people and suggested that the U.S. send military troops to take over relief operations from corrupt and inefficient local government officials.
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Hegseth had one more key question for the FEMA official. Why would the mayor "not participate in that command center if it's in San Juan?" he asked.

"I can't answer that question," answered Kaniewski. "I can only say that we are very focused on disaster operations here, and to the extent that she or any other mayor wants to provide input in the process, we not only welcome her -- but we expect that kind of of guidance."

He concluded that "our planners on the ground need her input."
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During an interview on CNN, Sunday, White House Budget Chief Mick Mulvaney also blasted Yulin Cruz for being AWOL on the FEMA meetings.

“It is unfortunate that the San Juan mayor wants to sort of go against the grain,” said Mulvaney. “We’d love to have her on the team as we all pull in the same direction. My understanding is that as of yesterday, she had not even been to the FEMA operation center in her own city.”
 
Frances Robles‏Verified account @FrancesRobles 1h1 hour ago

Only 5% of Puerto Rico has electricity. 10 hospitals have power.

12 days
 
57Brave said:
Frances Robles‏Verified account @FrancesRobles 1h1 hour ago

Only 5% of Puerto Rico has electricity. 10 hospitals have power.

12 days
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The 3 star general in charge of the recovery disagrees with your echo chamber:

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Puerto Rico spokesperson confirms that rumors of a driver strike were false

"We have seen more and more trucks leaving the port here in San Juan, I mean, the exit is packed with trucks, one after the other, who- truckers who are leaving."

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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/02/puerto-ricos-supply-chain-backlog-shows-signs-of-easing.html

The Puerto Rico supply chain that had been suffering serious logistical issues late last week showed some positive signs of improvement over the weekend as many cargo, storage yard and distribution companies kept their doors open in order to try and alleviate the backlog of emergency supplies like food, medicine, water and construction materials at San Juan's port.

A steady flow of trucks started arriving at Trailer Bridge's operations early Saturday morning to pick up containers and bring them to distributors, stores and other clients in Puerto Rico.

However, the cycle and flow of the equipment was becoming a concern. The receiving of empty containers after the full containers are picked up and deliveries are made, has been very slow.

"We need our customers to pick up their containers, and get the empty containers back to us so we can get them back to the States so we can keep the supply chain moving."

At Crowley, another major shipping company that operates out of the San Juan port, there were approximately 3,500 full containers in its yard, which is still over the normal capacity of 3,200 containers, but there are signs of improvement.

"Flow is slowly picking up," said Jose "Pache" Ayala, vice president of Crowley Puerto Rico Services.

One hundred percent of the FEMA cargo had been picked, but only 20 percent of the commercial loads have been sent out — which is still too slow according to Ayala.
 
Jaw said:
The 3 star general in charge of the recovery disagrees with your echo chamber:

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The echo chamber is NYTimes Caribbean reporter re telling what the Governor said this morning
See link
 
"Every death is a horror, but if you look at a real catastrophe like Katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died and you look at what happened here with, really, a storm that was just totally overpowering," Trump said.

"What is your death count?" Trump asked the Puerto Rican governor, Ricardo Rosselló.

"Sixteen, certified," he replied.

"Sixteen people certified. Sixteen people versus in the thousands," Trump said, comparing it to Katrina.

"You can be very proud of all of your people, all of our people working together. Sixteen versus literally thousands of people. You can be very proud. Everybody around this table and everybody watching can really be very proud of what's been taking place in Puerto Rico."
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:facepalm:
 
chop2chip said:
You missed the part of his quote where he said the storm in PR was like anything ever before seen.

Trump is going out of his way to heap praise on the local PR response and people are going out of there way to play gotcha politics.

So stupid.
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I didn’t forget. I do remember him saying this a few weeks ago. I also remember him repeating the point that Puerto Rico is surrounded by a huge body of water. A big ocean.
 
Oxfam has monitored the response in Puerto Rico closely, and we are outraged at the slow and inadequate response the US Government has mounted in Puerto Rico. Clean water, food, fuel, electricity, and health care are in desperately short supply and quickly dwindling, and we’re hearing excuses and criticism from the administration instead of a cohesive and compassionate response. The US has more than enough resources to mobilize an emergency response but has failed to do so in a swift and robust manner. Oxfam rarely responds to humanitarian emergencies in the US and other wealthy countries, but as the situation in Puerto Rico worsens and the federal government’s response continues to falter, Oxfam has decided to step in to lend our expertise in dealing with some of the world’s most catastrophic disasters.
 
57Brave said:
Oxfam has monitored the response in Puerto Rico closely, and we are outraged at the slow and inadequate response the US Government has mounted in Puerto Rico. Clean water, food, fuel, electricity, and health care are in desperately short supply and quickly dwindling, and we’re hearing excuses and criticism from the administration instead of a cohesive and compassionate response. The US has more than enough resources to mobilize an emergency response but has failed to do so in a swift and robust manner. Oxfam rarely responds to humanitarian emergencies in the US and other wealthy countries, but as the situation in Puerto Rico worsens and the federal government’s response continues to falter, Oxfam has decided to step in to lend our expertise in dealing with some of the world’s most catastrophic disasters.
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Gosh... It's so weird that Puerto Rico is Trump's fault but Flint Michigan is not Obama's fault
 
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