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I know a guy with family in Puerto Rico, so I get a pretty good accounting of what’s happening, at least with his family.

Bottom line: TOTALLY UNPREPARED. It wasn’t that they couldn’t prepare - as they do have plenty of money (and being ready is not very expensive)...it’s just that there was no reason to prepare - since it never happened before (you know, like an EMP from the Norks - we’ll take it seriously once they prove how destructive it is to this country).

One thing that was funny was his crazy mother-in-law. You know, the type of person who doesn’t trust banks and kept her money under the mattress. She is VERY POPULAR with her family, as pretty much everything there is still cash and ATMs which do work will only give you something like $40 per day...and with very long lines.

But other stuff, it’s just sad. Virtually everything they’re doing now (water collection and purification, running around trying to find food and fuel, obtaining generators and solar panels, and other stuff)...capabilities that I’ve had for years, and, again, not very expensive if you don’t want it to be (but yes, very expensive if you choose to go that way).