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FEBRUARY 01, 2018 2:45 PM
Signs of devastation from Hurricane Maria are evident across the island, with some 40 percent of the U.S. territory still without power ...
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Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)Our priorities as a country are so messed up.
BigmanPigman
(51,607 posts)and food but then they reconsidered. Also the mayor of San Juan said that it is so bad there that their govt has chosen to give the rebuilding of their electrical grid to private companies due to lack of help from the US govt. That is NOT good...their local govt is almost as corrupt as our fed govt.
Squinch
(50,950 posts)great shames as a country that this is how we treat our own countrywomen and men.
I'm surprised there is no cholera or anything going on yet.
Cha
(297,275 posts)hurricane.. took us 5 years to rebuild but we had lots of help from FEMA in 1992. Red Cross, and the National Guard.
We got back our Electricity in 3 months.. thanks to electricians coming over from Mainland to help.
Hang in there Puerto Rico!