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There was a previous thread about the country needing 4.5 trillion to completely overhaul the infrastructure.Considering they regularly had no electricity for years before...
Why Puerto Rico’s Electric Grid Stood No Chance Against Maria
Making matters worse, the lack of cash for maintenance has made maintenance more costly than it would otherwise be. Before Hurricane Maria, most of what was getting done was reactive maintenance — fixing immediate outages — not preventative maintenance or upgrades, Morales said. That means AEE’s equipment — from its power plants on down — is old and out-of-date. The median age of an AEE power plant is 44 years, compared with an electric industry standard of 18. “They suffer mechanical failures constantly,” Morales said. “They have to wait a long time to get parts, and the original manufacturers consider them like a speciality part.” Even workers with the expertise to manage these aging units are in short supply and retiring quickly.
Considering they had no electricity for months.But, hey, it's all Trump's fault, right? Certainly the incompetent, corrupt government of Puerto Rico had nothing to do with it.
He said some of the materials arrived after the National Guard ended its mission in May. He could not explain why no other agency distributed the materials after that.
But the head of the elections commission said that he has been calling the governor’s office and the National Guard regularly inquiring about plans to distribute the material, to no avail.
Containers of Hurricane Donations Found Rotting in Puerto Rico Parking Lot
It's not really a surprise.
Try to figure out why.
Think "keeping food cold" and "electricity". The answer is the connection between the two.
It's rare when it's not Trump's fault. If he disagreed, he wouldn't lie so much.But, hey, it's all Trump's fault, right? Certainly the incompetent, corrupt government of Puerto Rico had nothing to do with it.
He said some of the materials arrived after the National Guard ended its mission in May. He could not explain why no other agency distributed the materials after that.
But the head of the elections commission said that he has been calling the governor’s office and the National Guard regularly inquiring about plans to distribute the material, to no avail.
Containers of Hurricane Donations Found Rotting in Puerto Rico Parking Lot
It's always Trump's fault even when it's not Trumps fauilt. =)
Trump overspending tax payer money a year later to make up for his failure in the first weeks when 3,000 died!Copying from other thread on subject: latest updates from FEMA (Aug 20-Aug 27, 2018)
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-.../ByTheNumbers-Aug27-DR-4336-4339-PR_large.jpg
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-...PR-Rebuilding-Aug27-DR-4336-4339-PR_large.jpg
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-...7/FH-Snapshot-Aug27-DR-4336-4339-PR_large.jpg
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-...mmodity-Stock-Aug27-DR-4336-4339-PR_large.jpg
Right, because they didn't have the personnel to do this themselves.Oh, for fuck’s sake. There were thousands of such containers delivered. The problem at the time was delivering them to where they were needed...
Christ you are a sad sad little man.When disaster destroys local governments ability to provide emergency services, water, sewer, electric, communications, security or deliver supplies, to keep US citizens alive, it's up to the Federal Government to step in & save the people. Republicans & Trump failed worse than their previous FAILURE in New Orleans. 3,000 US Citizens DIED while Trump played Politics tossing paper towels for photo op!!!
Puerto Rico it's a great value to the U.S.A, sure.
Well they said roads were washed away to disperse much of the aid and they said there was a shortage of drivers to deliver the aid to where roads were still accessible. Who are you to argue with them? They were there … you weren't.Right, because they didn't have the personnel to do this themselves.Oh, for fuck’s sake. There were thousands of such containers delivered. The problem at the time was delivering them to where they were needed...
