Puerto Rico - U.S. Virgin Islands
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My friend who's stranded there, with his kitty, is in Isabella.
On Facebook today, his son shared that they now have power there, & my
friend replied that both he & the kitty are fine.
The UP side of Trump disowning PR: just one more reason he ought not to
be president of anywhere, anything ... May a dark cloud hover over him.
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Tesla makes quick work of Puerto Rico hospital solar power relief project
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/tesla-makes-quick-work-of-puerto-ric
o-hospital-solar-power-relief-project/
"Tesla CEO Elon Musk noted on Twitter that Tesla’s solar team could
indeed outfit Puerto Rico with power facilities that could be used
to generate and store power reserves when the existing grid isn’t
available, as it has been after the U.S. territory faced the devastation
of hurricane Maria."
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Congress approves $36.5-billion disaster aid for Puerto Rico,
wildfires and hurricane relief
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-pol-essential-washing
ton-updates-congress-approves-36-5-billion-1508860506-htmlstory.html
"Congress gave final passage Tuesday to $36.5 billion in disaster aid
for Puerto Rico and several states impacted by a particularly destructive
hurricane season.
"The package includes $576.5 million to address the devastating wildfires
in California and the West."
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Just so you know, Puerto Rico has issued a contract with a little-known power company with 2 employees.....Hmmmmm.....Oh and it happens to be in the same state as the Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, actually in his hometown of Whitefish, what the attached report won't tell you is that he knows a relative or friend that works at that company - Whitefish.
Again, Hmmmmm!
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Puerto+Rican+power+grid&view=
detail&mid=61DB1B1C1818952B37C161DB1B1C1818952B37C1&FORM=VIRE
SGG
Quote:
Originally posted by Oonjerah:
Tesla makes quick work of Puerto Rico hospital solar power relief project
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/tesla-makes-quick-work-of-puerto-ric
o-hospital-solar-power-relief-project/
"Tesla CEO Elon Musk noted on Twitter that Tesla’s solar team could
indeed outfit Puerto Rico with power facilities that could be used
to generate and store power reserves when the existing grid isn’t
available, as it has been after the U.S. territory faced the devastation
of hurricane Maria."
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A little bit about Ryan Zinke.......
Zinke was born in Bozeman, Montana and raised in Whitefish. He also threatened Alaska Senator Murkowski to bully her into voting for Trump's Health Care bill.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/politics/ryan-zinke-flag-flights-horse-d
ogs/index.html
He's quite a character. He also engaged in expensive air travel at taxpayer's expense, a la Tom Price. Why isn't he fired as well.
SGG
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Quote:This story also affects Puerto Rico: It could take as long as the year 2020 before some homeowners get federal funding to permanently rebuild or fix their Hurricane Harvey-ravaged homes, key state officials told a Texas Senate committee on Tuesday.
Originally posted by Oonjerah:
Congress approves $36.5-billion disaster aid for Puerto Rico,
wildfires and hurricane relief
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-pol-essential-washing
ton-updates-congress-approves-36-5-billion-1508860506-htmlstory.html
"Congress gave final passage Tuesday to $36.5 billion in disaster aid
for Puerto Rico and several states impacted by a particularly destructive
hurricane season.
"The package includes $576.5 million to address the devastating wildfires
in California and the West."
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Red-tape-t
ies-up-Harvey-rebuilding-money-12303527.php
Although Congress passed a $7.4 billion initial relief bill last month to help people rebuild after the numerous natural disasters that hit the nation over the last three months, Texas General Land Commissioner George P. Bush warned that money has a lot of red tape to get through before Texans will see any of it.
He said historically, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has taken anywhere between 9 months and nearly 3 years to get that money to the people who need it. Additional aid was approved Tuesday, and more is in the pipeline.
"It is a painstaking process. Everyone is frustrated by it," Bush said moments after testifying before the Texas Senate's Finance Committee.
. . .
While Congress agreed to spend the money, HUD officials must go through a lengthy rule-making process to determine how the $7.4 billion can be used by states and which states get what share of it. But even that calculation cannot begin until better damage assessments come in from Puerto Rico, said HUD spokesman Brian Sullivan.
In short, the rule-making process to even start the process of actually spending the money has yet to begin.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Hmmm.
So the folks who have a job or some money will repair their own
homes long before the gub'mint sends any relief money.
The folks in poverty will camp out, roughing it.
The olde folks will die unless their relatives can get 'em to
the mainland.
I think I'll ask my friend over there where to donate a bit.
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The people have also been exposed to contaminated water as they are drinking from rivers and streams throughout the island. I believe there have been 6 or 7 deaths due to a treatable water-born disease known as "leptospirosis," which brings the total number of deaths from Hurricane Maria's aftermath to 51. The disease is spread by animal urine in the water.
SGG
Quote:
Originally posted by Oonjerah:
Hmmm.
So the folks who have a job or some money will repair their own
homes long before the gub'mint sends any relief money.
The folks in poverty will camp out, roughing it.
The olde folks will die unless their relatives can get 'em to
the mainland.
I think I'll ask my friend over there where to donate a bit.
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Second, the power situation has been going on for years, but it came to a head after the storm hit the island.
Apparently, the power authority in Puerto Rico has been affected by the economic crisis on the island. There is a video that I recently saw that explains it all, or, at least, gives an overview of the situation. I will try to find it and post it here.
But, suffice it to say, it's been a domino affect - a change in how busniesses apply their taxes, so several large companies left the island in droves, including the power company employees, insearch of a new life on the mainland. The power grid was left in disrepair and that caused the system to be strained and then the storm hit.
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Quote:Part of the problem is how FEMA requires Puerto Ricans to apply for disaster aid. Lynch said FEMA workers were asking residents to give them copies of utility bills and bank routing numbers. Then the agency promised to follow up via email or text. But most people don't have electricity or phone service, and their homes and documents may be destroyed.
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Second, the power situation has been going on for years, but it came to a head after the storm hit the island.
The nation's largest nurses union condemned the federal government's emergency response in Puerto Rico on Thursday for "delaying necessary humanitarian aide to its own citizens and leaving them to die." The official death toll from the storm so far is 51, though Vox's own reporting suggests the actual number of deaths could be in the hundreds.
www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/26/16553748/puerto-rico-nurses
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