Puerto Rico governor declares state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Irma

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY NAOMI JAGODA - 09/04/17 02:57 PM EDT

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló declared a state of emergency on Monday after a hurricane watch was issued for the U.S. territory due to Hurricane Irma.

Rosselló has activated the National Guard and said that the commonwealth's government will operate until noon on Tuesday so that property protection plans can be implemented.

The governor also said that public schools will be canceled on Tuesday, according to a news release from the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration.

The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for Puerto Rico and several other areas due to Irma, including the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe and British Virgin Islands.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/349129-puerto-rico-gov-declares-state-of-emergency-because-of-hurricane-watch

[EarthFirst]

1. Gonna be a devestating week ahead...

One update I saw earlier from a news channel livestream in Ft Lauderdal had the updated track having every forecast model with Florida in their path.

Don't sleep on preparing!

Be safe!

[sandensea]

2. It wouldn't surprise me if Cheeto refuses Puerto Rico federal aid.

"We can't help foreign countries when we need to take care of our own people first - unlike Obama and crooked Hillary. Sad."

[jpak]

3. Just upgraded to CAT 4

not good

[obamanut2012]

4. Last year, Matthew was a Cat 5 at this stage

We won't know what'll happen until Friday, and maybe not even until Saturday. Mathew took a sudden wheel east literally three hours before kit was supposed to slam into PBC.