Re: so sad :(
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Chris in Tampa on 1/9/2020, 10:07 pm
It's great he's there. I know there's a lot going on at the moment around the world, but it seems Puerto Rico gets more of the third world treatment with the media. If many hundreds of thousands were in a blackout in a state, it would make the news constantly. (and I think that was clients, not talking about the actual number of people) I've watched some of the news for hours on four different channels over the last two days and didn't see Puerto Rico mentioned once. Immediately after the earthquake yes, but then nothing.Looking at some of the main broadcast network news sites and cable news sites some didn't even have an article about Puerto Rico on their front page Wednesday.
Jose Andres has done an incredible job. His continued work with feeding people after Dorian is epic.
Unless something changed Thursday, as of a Thursday morning FEMA apparently said they had not agreed to send the needed generator because the proper emergency declaration has not been made based on the report below. (The governor hasn't requested a major disaster declaration) I don't know what the status of that might be. That might have been something to get the damaged power plant back online to some extent. Why a major declaration hasn't been declared I don't know. (Only an "Emergency Declaration" and not "Major Disaster Declaration": https://www.fema.gov/disasters/state-tribal-government/0/PR) In the FEMA interview below I think he talks about that being more for things that Puerto Rico can't handle. But I think some in Puerto Rico would say they aren't handling things well enough so they really do need additional help that a major disaster declaration would get them. That's on the governor.
Video David Begnaud did with FEMA director (you have to login to Facebook):
https://www.facebook.com/108679513654/videos/2885652908185427/
There's this:
Of course the general theme of what I read from people on Twitter is that no one trusts what the power company says. I think they made a promise a day or two ago that they didn't fulfill.
Though in the FEMA interview above that official talks about another power company there that might be ramping up generation by maybe 500MW by Friday. And he said that might meet normal usage, but power would be out to some perhaps during peak times.
The earthquake impacted some areas that were not, or not as, impacted by Maria. The main problem with power due to Maria was the transmission lines needing to be fixed. This time at least that one power plant was damaged. So more of a different issue this time. |
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1/7/2020, 4:50 am- 5.0 on Saturday, January 25th - Chris in Tampa, 1/26/2020, 12:44 am
- enough already ! 5.9 today :( - cypresstx, 1/11/2020, 5:56 pm
- One of the power plants suffered a lot of damage, may take over a year to be fixed - Chris in Tampa, 1/9/2020, 3:00 am
- Re: Puerto Rico earthquakes - Chris in Tampa, 1/7/2020, 9:50 pm
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