Posted on 09/12/2017 1:02:05 PM PDT by cll
After leaving a path of destruction across the Caribbean Islands and Florida, Hurricane Irma downgraded to a tropical storm this morning, though this has done nothing to quell its continuing torrential rain and violent winds in Florida and Georgia. Surprisingly, Puerto Ricans were spared the worst of the storm and are now rallying to aid their neighbors.
Though Puerto Rico expected a head-on collision with Irma at literally the most inopportune time, as the country experiences a crumbling infrastructure and fiscal crisis, they only received a glancing blow compared to other islands and much of southern Florida. Still, Irma left Puerto Rico with at least 12 dead, flattened homes, widespread flooding, and over 1 million without power.
Other islands in the Caribbean were not so fortunate, as Irma battered the islands of Barbuda, St. Bart, St. Thomas and others, and left 95% of St. Martin utterly flat and demolished. Daniel Gibbs, chairman of the council on St. Martin, is reeling from the devastation:
“It is an enormous disaster… I am in shock”
Despite Puerto Rico’s own damages and financial troubles, it has become an emergency hub for the neighboring islands, delivering both government aid and an outpouring of civilian sealift support.
At least 1,200 mostly American citizens have been evacuated by aircraft from St. Martin and St. Thomas, including more than 50 patients taken directly to one of the 42% of Puerto Rican hospitals still operating via the use of generators.
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I’ve never had a Puerto Rican hero.
You've got to be kidding. Haven't you ever heard of a Puerto Rican Po' Boy?
My co-worker Irving, a really nice kid, went to vacation for 4 nights to visit family in Puerto Rico over a week ago.....he’s still stuck there.
Yeah. He’s at the staten island ferry.
Hits me up for a quarter every now and then :)
Good. We can use the help.
Heroes? For taking patients into the hospital? Seriously?
It is not a country. It is a territory of the US. More sloppy reporting.
...Irma left Puerto Rico with at least 12 dead, flattened homes, widespread flooding, and over 1 million without power.
Other islands in the Caribbean were not so fortunate....
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Where do they get these idiots that write such junk?
“Country” is a generic term and means, really, more-or-less distinct land area.
“Country” is a generic term and means, really, more-or-less distinct land area.’
In Spanish that’s very common. Country = país.
When Jefferson said “my country” and “my countrymen” he referred to Virginia and Virginians.
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