Study: Nearly THREE THOUSAND unnecessary deaths in Puerto Rico

[centerleftFL]

How did the death toll go from 64 to three thousand a year after the hurricane?

I believe they're counting the folks who died afterwards from lack of shelter, food, sanitary water, medical care, etc.

Or any death whats so ever Car accidents, eletricutions, cancer, old age are just a few of the examples.

No. That isn't right. Those would be exceptions, not examples. (Perhaps electrocutions related to the 'event'), The term is called EXCESS deaths and are related to the catastrophic event, ethnic cleansing, war related mass casualty and of course WEATHER disasters. It is a science, well defined, performed by entities like Johns Hopkins, MIT, the LANCET (medical mathematical entities). It is a science for counting 'deaths' and used around the world.

 

[centerleftFL]

How did the death toll go from 64 to three thousand a year after the hurricane?

Easy. Start out the FACT 64 was always a bogus #.

 

[Desperado]

How did the death toll go from 64 to three thousand a year after the hurricane?

I believe they're counting the folks who died afterwards from lack of shelter, food, sanitary water, medical care, etc.

Or any death whats so ever Car accidents, eletricutions, cancer, old age are just a few of the examples.

No. That isn't right. Those would be exceptions, not examples. (Perhaps electrocutions related to the 'event'), The term is called EXCESS deaths and are related to the catastrophic event, ethnic cleansing, war related mass casualty and of course WEATHER disasters. It is a science, well defined, performed by entities like Johns Hopkins, MIT, the LANCET (medical mathematical entities). It is a science for counting 'deaths' and used around the world.

Here’s the rub: Hurricane fatalities are not customarily counted this way. The National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center count only direct deaths: those that can be attributed to the effects of the weather such as flood drownings or flying debris, for example. These agencies also look at and separately list indirect deaths: automobile accidents, electrocutions and carbon monoxide poisoning from power generators, to name a few. Emergency management agencies follow the same model, and their officials are normally the ones briefing the politicians. So the politicians are used to counting deaths just as the National Weather Service does.

Excellent Read about the subject at handhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/08/29/why-hurricane-marias-death-toll-is-misunderstood-and-incomparable-to-other-disasters/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cafc76ae56ec

 

[Marion Morrison]

You are truly an ignorant jackass!

The Trump administration acted quickly and provided unlimited assistance to Puerto Ricans after the hurricane. It was the DimocRAT local government that kept that aid rotting on the docks while local unions forbade their members to move it to where it was needed.

Get your facts straight before you post.

You are full of crap. And if you are going to suck off your Cheeto Jesus so shamefully, knee pads would be advised.
Trump's Katrina? My mistake .. it was TWICE as bad as that.

You're late for a fitting with a straightjacket. TDS has consumed your mind.

 

[EverCurious]

Related: latest updates from FEMA (Aug 20-Aug 27, 2018) -- You can see reflected in the last one how much they increased the numbers of generators and tarps on hand.

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

 

[longknife]

Oh yeah, the Trump administration has done absolutely nothing to help the people of Puerto Rico.

You Snowflakes can stuff it.

 

[harmonica]

...like Katrina--it's the local government's TOTAL responsibility--not the federal government
the feds can't come up with a plan for EVERY city/state/territory/etc

 

[DrLove]

You are truly an ignorant jackass!

The Trump administration acted quickly and provided unlimited assistance to Puerto Ricans after the hurricane. It was the DimocRAT local government that kept that aid rotting on the docks while local unions forbade their members to move it to where it was needed.

Get your facts straight before you post.

You are full of crap. And if you are going to suck off your Cheeto Jesus so shamefully, knee pads would be advised.
Trump's Katrina? My mistake .. it was TWICE as bad as that.

Why am I not surprised tht a hate-filled Snowflake makes a personal attack instead of a reasoned, informative response?

Your Dear Donald's botched response is well documented. And very soon there will be a full investigation same as there was Katrina. It is highly likely that he was even aware Puerto Rico was part of the US until someone whispered in his ear. What was he doing? TWITTERING stupid stuff (a given) and insulting American Citizens.

Trump's Response to Puerto Rico Is Shameful
Trump Botches His Response to the Crisis in Puerto Rico

 

[Auld Phart]

You are truly an ignorant jackass!

The Trump administration acted quickly and provided unlimited assistance to Puerto Ricans after the hurricane. It was the DimocRAT local government that kept that aid rotting on the docks while local unions forbade their members to move it to where it was needed.

Get your facts straight before you post.

You are full of crap. And if you are going to suck off your Cheeto Jesus so shamefully, knee pads would be advised.
Trump's Katrina? My mistake .. it was TWICE as bad as that.

Why am I not surprised tht a hate-filled Snowflake makes a personal attack instead of a reasoned, informative response?

Your Dear Donald's botched response is well documented. And very soon there will be a full investigation same as there was Katrina. It is highly likely that he was even aware Puerto Rico was part of the US until someone whispered in his ear. What was he doing? TWITTERING stupid stuff (a given) and insulting American Citizens.

Trump's Response to Puerto Rico Is Shameful
Trump Botches His Response to the Crisis in Puerto Rico

2 opinion pieces?


hardly convincing.

 

[dave p]

Speechless - Guess these US citizens were of the wrong color.

An estimated 2,975 people died in the six months after Hurricane Maria as a result of the storm, with the elderly and impoverished most affected, according to a long-awaited independent study ordered by the U.S. territory's government that was released Tuesday.

The findings contrast sharply with the official death toll of 64, and are about double the government's previous interim estimate of 1,400 deaths.​

This is YOUR Katrina you fucking Orange JACKASS. Heckuva job Trumpy - Flip 'em a paper towel and tell 'em to "Have a good time".

Nearly 3,000 deaths in Puerto Rico linked to Hurricane Maria

How is this Trumps fault?

 

[longknife]

Speechless - Guess these US citizens were of the wrong color.

An estimated 2,975 people died in the six months after Hurricane Maria as a result of the storm, with the elderly and impoverished most affected, according to a long-awaited independent study ordered by the U.S. territory's government that was released Tuesday.

The findings contrast sharply with the official death toll of 64, and are about double the government's previous interim estimate of 1,400 deaths.​

This is YOUR Katrina you fucking Orange JACKASS. Heckuva job Trumpy - Flip 'em a paper towel and tell 'em to "Have a good time".

Nearly 3,000 deaths in Puerto Rico linked to Hurricane Maria

How is this Trumps fault?

It's the result of TDS.