Reuters: U.S. lawmakers ask Trump to 'get to work' on Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to stop sniping at Puerto Ricans and get to work helping them recover from a devastating hurricane, two days before he was to visit the island, where people remained without food, water or power.
The Republican president said his government was doing a “great job” to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria and took a new swipe at critics who said he had been slow to aid the island, where the power grid was destroyed 12 days ago.
“We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico. Outside of the Fake News or politically motivated ingrates,” he said in a Twitter post.
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WNU Editor: The drive-by media is glorifying the officials who run Puerto Rico .... especially those who are critical of the U.S. government's response. But this Puerto Rican businessman's assessment (and warnings) on who these people really are strikes me to be more truthful than what we have been hearing from the news for the past few days .... Puerto Rican CEO: Local government 'corrupt' and 'totally inexperienced' in Maria cleanup (FOX News). His money quote ....
.... “Even before the hurricane hit, water and power systems were already broken. And our $118 billion debt crisis is a result of government corruption and mismanagement.”
A commentator to this blog also put everything in perspective (from Anon) ....
.... Puerto Rico has been dodging big hurricanes for 80 years, in 1899 they had a Cat 4, 1928 Cat 5, and 1932 Cat 4. This is their wake up call, time to do things differently, build better, and have a better organized response in place, because whether it's in 2 years or 100 years they will get hit again by a big hurricane.
Yup .... Puerto Rico .... in order to prosper in the future .... has to change.
More News On The Puerto Rican Relief Effort
Puerto Rico: Trump spat with San Juan mayor escalates as all sides double down -- The Guardian
Trump defends Puerto Rico effort, but his tweets draw new criticism -- AFP
Trump scoffs at ‘politically motivated ingrates’ after Maria -- AP
San Juan mayor in hurricane spotlight after Trump tweets -- AP
Puerto Rico governor says relief arriving to storm-ravaged rural areas -- Reuters
In Puerto Rico, acute shortages plunge the masses into survival struggle -- Reuters
With long lines for food, water and fuel and no electricity, Puerto Ricans help each other -- USA Today
Puerto Ricans lash out at Trump over Hurricane Maria -- Al Jazeera
Pres. Trump is the real victim.
ReplyDeletePray for this adult diaper wearing dotard in his time of dips@#tery.
Unlike Anon, who apparently has not worked in a corporate structure on the city, state, federal level or in the military, xe does not know that such entities generate reports as a routine matter.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link for Anon, whoever xe is.
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www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/30/update-federal-partners-supporting-survivors-puerto-rico
Here is some data. Not all the data is in a relator format. That is in ratios. The data on the power restored to hospitals is not in a relator format. So we do not know the total number of hospitals or the number of hospitals that needed power restored.
On one hand efforts to restore the power grid lack detail. On the other hand the information on potable water and gas stations operational is very informative. Knowing how many hospitals, gas stations and grocery stores have their doors open gives you a back door way of figuring out how much of the electricity has been restored
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- Urban Search and Rescue teams, working alongside local law enforcement, covered 100 percent of Puerto Rico and rescued 843 individuals.
- Power was restored to 59 hospitals in Puerto Rico -- these hospitals are operationally able to care for the patients they have or are receiving new patients.
- Efforts to restore the power grid on the island are on-going among the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Energy, and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
- Drinking water is being restored; 45 percent of customers now have potable water following testing by the Environmental Protection Agency and local officials.
- Stores are opening with more than 60 percent of gas stations operating and providing fuel, and 49 percent of grocery and big box stores on the island now open.
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I think Anon should sue xe’s high school, his parents, and the politicians of his city. Xe’s reading skills and critical thinking skills are very low. Otherwise he might have looked stuff up and got the big picture.
This problem seems to be widespread. Poor xe never had a chance.
”American High School Students Are Reading Books At 5th-Grade-Appropriate Levels: Report”
-Huffington Post
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/22/top-reading_n_1373680.html
”Expert: Most US College Freshmen Read at 7th Grade Level”
-Breitbart
www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/01/03/expert-most-us-college-freshmen-read-at-7th-grade-level/
www.statisticbrain.com/reading-statistics/
It seems that Ainz was dropped on his head as a child.
ReplyDeleteIf only his father had a better grip.
God bless him.
Since Anon is so political and dense here is the link with objective facts for him.
ReplyDeletewww.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/30/update-federal-partners-supporting-survivors-puerto-rico
The San Juan mayor was so worried about people dying that she had a ball cap printed up with the letters SOS. She also had a t-shirt printed, People are dying.
She had time to do that instead of her duties. This is on film. It will be played before, during, and after the Democrat National convention.
All the sordid mayor was standing in front of pallets of relief supplies, such a water. She was filmed, soo she will not live it down.
Also Trump dispatched a hospital ship. If a hospital is down in an area, people can be helicoptered to the ship. There are 2 such ships. One is east coast and one is west coast. Apparently the idiot mayor is so blinded by camera lights she cannot see the ship sitting in the harbor.
Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort departs for Puerto Rico with medical supplies and staff
http://wgntv.com/2017/09/29/navy-hospital-ship-usns-comfort-departs-for-puerto-rico-with-medical-supplies-and-staff/
This is what I think of Leftist Anon and the San Juan Mayor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8