Latest Puerto Rico death toll more than doubles

[AVISSSER]

Latest Puerto Rico death toll more than doubles

Reason #2,317 NOT to live in Puerto Rico.

I have worked with quite a few PR's who NEVER wanted to go back.

 

[Windparadox]

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I lived through 8 years of "Obama Derangement Syndrome ", I guess I can also survive at least 4 years of "Trump Derangement Syndrome.".

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria more than doubles to 34

Just hours earlier when President Donald Trump visited the island to survey the damage the official death toll remained as it has for days at 16 dead.

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95% of the Island still has no power. That means no communication 20 miles outside the city and beyond.
The death toll will only rise.

It's only started. This will be worse than Katrina where Republicans watched people die on their roof tops. They didn't care then. They won't care now.

Sadly we all know this makes you happy. A real creep you are.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Yeah..............and over the weekend, Trump thought that dedicating a golf trophy to the victims of the hurricane was a good idea.

Our Moron In Chief (hey, if the SoS can call Trump a moron, why can't the rest of us), thought that dedicating the trophy of the President's Cup golf tournament would be somehow meaningful.

Trump dedicates golf trophy to hurricane victims amid controversy over response

Trump, the tournament's honorary chairman and the first sitting president to attend the final day's matches, made the remarks as he presented the gold trophy to U.S. captain Steve Stricker and an American team that defeated the International team, 19-11, the biggest victory by either side in 17 years.

"On behalf of all of the people of Texas, and ... if you look today and you see what's happening, how horrible it is but we have it under really great control, Puerto Rico. And the people of Florida who have really suffered over this last period of time with the hurricanes," Trump said, before presenting the trophy to the Americans.

"I want to just remember them, and we're going to dedicate this trophy to all those people who went through so much, that we love, that are part of our great state, really a part of our great nation,” he added.

His comments mark an end to a weekend at his New Jersey golf club, where he spent his Saturday lashing out at San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, accusing her of "poor leadership."

He also suggested that people in Puerto Rico aren't doing enough themselves to recover from the crisis left by Hurricane Maria and want "everything to be done for them," as he and his administration face mounting criticism over the federal response efforts.

Trump is totally tone deaf when it comes to being presidential.

And..................there's a freaking natural disaster that needs attention. Why is Trump the FIRST SITTING PRESIDENT EVER to attend the tournament? Obama didn't, he had more important stuff to do like running the government.

 

[deanrd]

Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria more than doubles to 34

Just hours earlier when President Donald Trump visited the island to survey the damage the official death toll remained as it has for days at 16 dead.

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95% of the Island still has no power. That means no communication 20 miles outside the city and beyond.
The death toll will only rise.

It's only started. This will be worse than Katrina where Republicans watched people die on their roof tops. They didn't care then. They won't care now.

You think the death toll will climb to over 1,833??

Btw... it was an inept democrat who was ultimately responsible for those deaths from Katrina.

A Democrat? Katrina happened in 2005. The GOP controlled the entire government. I know many Republicans think it was Obama's fault. Are you one of those?

Are you too young to know how that went down?

Some Trump supporters apparently think Obama was president during Hurricane Katrina

Ya mean, you didn't know the majority of Republicans in Louisiana believe the mess after Katrina was Obama's fault?

That's how well GOP lies work on the GOP base.

 

[deanrd]

Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria more than doubles to 34

Just hours earlier when President Donald Trump visited the island to survey the damage the official death toll remained as it has for days at 16 dead.

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95% of the Island still has no power. That means no communication 20 miles outside the city and beyond.
The death toll will only rise.

It's only started. This will be worse than Katrina where Republicans watched people die on their roof tops. They didn't care then. They won't care now.

Sadly we all know this makes you happy. A real creep you are.

Why would Republicans not caring about Americans make me happy? At least you pretty much admit it.

 

[deanrd]

It'll go in the hundreds, maybe not thousands, but who knows?

Just the people who need electricity for life support, or medicine.

It's was really moronic how Trump was bragging that it was 16.

Actually, typically Republican. If the GOP part of the USMB is any indication.

 

[bgrouse]

Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria more than doubles to 34

Just hours earlier when President Donald Trump visited the island to survey the damage the official death toll remained as it has for days at 16 dead.

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95% of the Island still has no power. That means no communication 20 miles outside the city and beyond.
The death toll will only rise.

It's only started. This will be worse than Katrina where Republicans watched people die on their roof tops. They didn't care then. They won't care now.

You think the death toll will climb to over 1,833??

Btw... it was an inept democrat who was ultimately responsible for those deaths from Katrina.

A Democrat? Katrina happened in 2005. The GOP controlled the entire government. I know many Republicans think it was Obama's fault. Are you one of those?

Are you too young to know how that went down?

Some Trump supporters apparently think Obama was president during Hurricane Katrina

Ya mean, you didn't know the majority of Republicans in Louisiana believe the mess after Katrina was Obama's fault?

That's how well GOP lies work on the GOP base.

Are you sure the poster in this thread wasn't referring to the negro mayor of New Orleans at the time, Ray Nagin?

 

[tycho1572]

Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria more than doubles to 34

Just hours earlier when President Donald Trump visited the island to survey the damage the official death toll remained as it has for days at 16 dead.

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95% of the Island still has no power. That means no communication 20 miles outside the city and beyond.
The death toll will only rise.

It's only started. This will be worse than Katrina where Republicans watched people die on their roof tops. They didn't care then. They won't care now.

You think the death toll will climb to over 1,833??

Btw... it was an inept democrat who was ultimately responsible for those deaths from Katrina.

A Democrat? Katrina happened in 2005. The GOP controlled the entire government. I know many Republicans think it was Obama's fault. Are you one of those?

Are you too young to know how that went down?

Some Trump supporters apparently think Obama was president during Hurricane Katrina

Ya mean, you didn't know the majority of Republicans in Louisiana believe the mess after Katrina was Obama's fault?

That's how well GOP lies work on the GOP base.

Are you still trying to shift the Katrina deaths onto republicans?
This is the mayor responsible for the majority for those deaths .....
Ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin sentenced to 10 years

 

[bgrouse]

Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria more than doubles to 34

Just hours earlier when President Donald Trump visited the island to survey the damage the official death toll remained as it has for days at 16 dead.

-----------

95% of the Island still has no power. That means no communication 20 miles outside the city and beyond.
The death toll will only rise.

It's only started. This will be worse than Katrina where Republicans watched people die on their roof tops. They didn't care then. They won't care now.

You think the death toll will climb to over 1,833??

Btw... it was an inept democrat who was ultimately responsible for those deaths from Katrina.

A Democrat? Katrina happened in 2005. The GOP controlled the entire government. I know many Republicans think it was Obama's fault. Are you one of those?

Are you too young to know how that went down?

Some Trump supporters apparently think Obama was president during Hurricane Katrina

Ya mean, you didn't know the majority of Republicans in Louisiana believe the mess after Katrina was Obama's fault?

That's how well GOP lies work on the GOP base.

Are you still trying to shift the Katrina deaths onto republicans?
This is the mayor responsible for the majority for those deaths .....
Ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin sentenced to 10 years

It's well-known that negroes cannot govern. That's why most negro-run Apefreaka coontries are shitholes. They're better off under a racist white.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria more than doubles to 34

Just hours earlier when President Donald Trump visited the island to survey the damage the official death toll remained as it has for days at 16 dead.

-----------

95% of the Island still has no power. That means no communication 20 miles outside the city and beyond.
The death toll will only rise.

It's only started. This will be worse than Katrina where Republicans watched people die on their roof tops. They didn't care then. They won't care now.

Sadly we all know this makes you happy. A real creep you are.

Why would Republicans not caring about Americans make me happy? At least you pretty much admit it.

This isn't about republicans. This thread is about, and I quote the left: "Puerto Rician brown people" (because that's all you cocksuckers focus on) are dying.

This is your thread. You wrote it. You're title doesn't say "unfortunately the death toll in Puerto Rico is rising"
Nor does your op point out their plight.

It focuses on brown people (as labeled by the left) dying and it points to republicans.

You are the worst type of American. The ONLY American that is below you is the one that slaughtered all those (Trump voters (as pointed out by the left as well)) in Las Vegas.

You are despicable. You are trash. You would be the first and only one I would beat down from this forum if I ever met you and you talked such anti American trash.

You're filth.

And no mods, that is not a threat. Just a description of the disdain I have for such people.

Fuck off rderp ya scumbag. Go back to your tissue box like you did after the election and hide from the forum like you did after Hillary lost.

A TRUE COWARD & A PUSSY

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

A "funny" face doesn't begin to describe what you deserve and this boards management is PATHETIC for taking away the disagree or red X from our options.

They are catering to cowards like you with the safe space bullshit.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

You think the death toll will climb to over 1,833??

Btw... it was an inept democrat who was ultimately responsible for those deaths from Katrina.

A Democrat? Katrina happened in 2005. The GOP controlled the entire government. I know many Republicans think it was Obama's fault. Are you one of those?

Are you too young to know how that went down?

Some Trump supporters apparently think Obama was president during Hurricane Katrina

Ya mean, you didn't know the majority of Republicans in Louisiana believe the mess after Katrina was Obama's fault?

That's how well GOP lies work on the GOP base.

Are you still trying to shift the Katrina deaths onto republicans?
This is the mayor responsible for the majority for those deaths .....
Ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin sentenced to 10 years

It's well-known that negroes cannot govern. That's why most negro-run Apefreaka coontries are shitholes. They're better off under a racist white.

Puerto Rico is not run by blacks you stupid fuck. You're as bad as the op

 

[bgrouse]

A Democrat? Katrina happened in 2005. The GOP controlled the entire government. I know many Republicans think it was Obama's fault. Are you one of those?

Are you too young to know how that went down?

Some Trump supporters apparently think Obama was president during Hurricane Katrina

Ya mean, you didn't know the majority of Republicans in Louisiana believe the mess after Katrina was Obama's fault?

That's how well GOP lies work on the GOP base.

Are you still trying to shift the Katrina deaths onto republicans?
This is the mayor responsible for the majority for those deaths .....
Ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin sentenced to 10 years

It's well-known that negroes cannot govern. That's why most negro-run Apefreaka coontries are shitholes. They're better off under a racist white.

Puerto Rico is not run by blacks you stupid fuck. You're as bad as the op

I was talking about Nagin in New Orleans during Katrina you stupid piece of shit.

 

[deanrd]

Hurricane Maria’s death toll in Puerto Rico is higher than official count, experts say

Cotté is one of the unaccounted victims of Maria, the potent hurricane that devastated all of Puerto Rico with sustained winds and gusts of up to 200 miles per hour. On Wednesday, the Puerto Rico government, maintained that the official number of deaths as a result of the catastrophe was 16. But the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, for its initials in Spanish) has confirmed that there are dozens of hurricane-related deaths and the number could rise to the hundreds.

The storm-related fatalities are mounting with each passing day, and official numbers are not counting patients who are not receiving dialysis, oxygen and other essential services.

The dead are at the hospital morgues, which are at capacity and in remote places where the government has yet to go. In many cases, families are unaware of the deaths. The government’s Demographic Registry is responsible for certifying deaths so bodies can be removed by funeral homes, many of which are not operating because of lack of resources. The agency began to certify some of the dead Monday, Health Secretary Rafael Rodríguez-Mercado confirmed in an interview.

Public Safety Secretary Héctor Pesquera told the CPI that the names of the dead because of the hurricane will not be revealed until relatives can be notified.

CPI sources in half a dozen hospitals said those bodies are piling up at the morgues of the 69 hospitals in Puerto Rico, of which 70 percent are not operating. The majority of the hospital morgues that provided information — including Doctor’s Center in Bayamón and Santurce, Pavía Hospital in Santurce, Manatí Medical Center, Dr. Pila in Ponce, Río Piedras Medical Center, Mayagüez Medical Center and the HIMA hospitals in Caguas and Bayamón — are at full capacity.

CPI also has learned that the Institute of Forensic Sciences is also full of bodies and that 25 of those are hurricane victims. On Tuesday, the IFS reported that it had increased its storage capacity for bodies with a trailer that was obtained through The Morgue federal program.

It’s unclear what is happening with the deceased who are at the morgues of the 51 hospitals that have had to close their doors.

Secretary Rodríguez-Mercado acknowledged that hospital morgues are full. He said the accumulated bodies cannot be removed from the morgues by funeral homes until the deaths can be certified by the Demographic Registry, which barely began operating from regional emergency centers Monday.

“We’re finding dead people, people who have been buried, [people] have made common graves,” Rodríguez-Mercado told CPI. “We’ve been told people have buried their family members because they’re in places that have yet to be reached.”

Hospitals that had to close their doors after the storm have more than 4,000 beds. Asked what happened to those patients, where they were transferred, the health secretary responded with a sincere, “I don’t know.”

Another looming problem is that patients are arriving in critical condition, with ventilators, for example, and with poorly documented records of medical procedures at the hospitals where patients were originally admitted.

Meanwhile, the dead continue to accumulate.

“We’re fighting. I would love for the government to understand that it has to open dialysis centers. If they don’t receive the service, the patients’ health is compromised quickly and they die. And yes, they have died,” said Armando Rodríguez, vice president of the Grupo HIMA medical provider. He confirmed that the morgues of his two hospitals in Bayamón and Caguas are above capacity.

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And remember, only 7% of the island has power. The bodies are piling up. This might be much worse than the 1800 after Katrina. In fact, because of people buried, swept out to sea and buried in mass graves in remote areas, we may never know how many actually died.

But with so many bodies not buried, there will be disease. People are already drinking out of creeks and bathing in dirty water.

Trump won't be able to shrug this off with jokes and "have fun". The Mayor will be vindicated and Trump will come out of this as an even worse racist who is dangerously inept.

Just watched an American nurse in a town outside of San Juan say people who take medicine are dying because they have had no medicine for weeks.
She said she called an ambulance and was told it wouldn't be there until Monday.
Republicans may be laughing over Puerto Rico, but people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve to be treated as such.

 

[ABikerSailor]

You know, when they finally get into the little towns that are away from the main population areas, the death toll is going to go up DRAMATICALLY.

So much for Trump thinking it's a "success".

 

[CrusaderFrank]

You know, when they finally get into the little towns that are away from the main population areas, the death toll is going to go up DRAMATICALLY.

So much for Trump thinking it's a "success".

It could have been much worse, Hillary could be President.

As soon as the PR Union Truckers started getting cute, Trump should have declared Martial Law in PR, removed the Mayor and outlawed Teamster; these little towns would be getting the relief they needed but were denied because Mayor Cruz had to get her fucking T shirt

 

[ABikerSailor]

You know, when they finally get into the little towns that are away from the main population areas, the death toll is going to go up DRAMATICALLY.

So much for Trump thinking it's a "success".

It could have been much worse, Hillary could be President.

As soon as the PR Union Truckers started getting cute, Trump should have declared Martial Law in PR, removed the Mayor and outlawed Teamster; these little towns would be getting the relief they needed but were denied because Mayor Cruz had to get her fucking T shirt

Guess you missed the news. Most of those truck drivers have been unable to even get to work because of all the roads that have been destroyed. Some of them are staying home so that they can help out their families.

Quick question...................if YOU were a truck driver in PR, and your entire house had been leveled, which would you do, stay at home and try to fix up some kind of shelter for your family, or would you simply tell them they are on their own because you have to go over 15 miles of destroyed roads to get to work?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

You know, when they finally get into the little towns that are away from the main population areas, the death toll is going to go up DRAMATICALLY.

So much for Trump thinking it's a "success".

It could have been much worse, Hillary could be President.

As soon as the PR Union Truckers started getting cute, Trump should have declared Martial Law in PR, removed the Mayor and outlawed Teamster; these little towns would be getting the relief they needed but were denied because Mayor Cruz had to get her fucking T shirt

Guess you missed the news. Most of those truck drivers have been unable to even get to work because of all the roads that have been destroyed. Some of them are staying home so that they can help out their families.

Quick question...................if YOU were a truck driver in PR, and your entire house had been leveled, which would you do, stay at home and try to fix up some kind of shelter for your family, or would you simply tell them they are on their own because you have to go over 15 miles of destroyed roads to get to work?

Oh, so it's Trump's fault the roads were destroyed, right?

 

[ABikerSailor]

You know, when they finally get into the little towns that are away from the main population areas, the death toll is going to go up DRAMATICALLY.

So much for Trump thinking it's a "success".

It could have been much worse, Hillary could be President.

As soon as the PR Union Truckers started getting cute, Trump should have declared Martial Law in PR, removed the Mayor and outlawed Teamster; these little towns would be getting the relief they needed but were denied because Mayor Cruz had to get her fucking T shirt

Guess you missed the news. Most of those truck drivers have been unable to even get to work because of all the roads that have been destroyed. Some of them are staying home so that they can help out their families.

Quick question...................if YOU were a truck driver in PR, and your entire house had been leveled, which would you do, stay at home and try to fix up some kind of shelter for your family, or would you simply tell them they are on their own because you have to go over 15 miles of destroyed roads to get to work?

Oh, so it's Trump's fault the roads were destroyed, right?

Damn, you really are a one note partisan hack. Didn't say anything about Trump. Simply told you that the roads and buildings had been destroyed by the storm, and then I asked you a question, but you didn't answer it, you simply deflected to Trump, so I'll ask again....................

If YOU were a truck driver in PR, and your house had been destroyed, which would you do, stay at home and try to get your family some kind of shelter, or, would you tell them that they are on their own because you have to hike over 15 miles of destroyed roads to get to work?