Posted on 10/05/2017 2:52:57 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
From my Dad in Puerto Rico, 10/5/17:
"Half of Old San Juan has Power!! Not my section but good news anyway!!! No lines at gas stations! Banks are beginning to open! Yesterday Airport operated normally!!! 24/7 from now on!! 16,000 passengers left yesterday for USA! The Dam at Guajataca found to be in good shape! Will not break and kill 10,000 people as hysterical experts reported after the storm!!"
Thanks for the updates. Hope he gets electricity back soon.
Thanks so much for giving FR good, on-the-ground info, SilvieWaldorfMD!
Such good news all around! Thank you!
Yay for your dad!
Hopefully he’s got friends with power so he can at least visit and take a hot shower! And eat hot food.
Awesome!
Awesome! Thank you for the updates!
bkmk
I, too, thank you for the update. Daughter’s wedding was scheduled for a venue in Isabela in Dec. Called off.
Any idea how many people are going into the country vs the thousands leaving?
I remember the old Riviera Club, from my Navy days. :)
Good grief, that was fifty years ago.
Great news! Kudos to him. Not too many people know how to solder with gas.
WOW!! This is great news, as it looks like Trump turned it all around!
Unless, of course, the initial reports were just FAKE NEWS.
I am so glad to hear Iggy is improvising, adapting, and overcoming!
I was wondering though, just searched for it and got nothing, where are the 16k people going? I know the PR community in Philly was hoping to receive people and help out.
Bump
Combined General and Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Can you put me on your Ping list. Thank you so much!
Hey there, jpsb! Hoping you pulled through Harvey aftermath without too much stress. Was looking for you to check in. Hurricane Mama tries to keep up with the coastal dwellers.
I am fine Hurricane Moma, thanks for caring!
Each day I Google PR latest recovery updates. The article below was written by a reporter who managed to get to the central PR town of Orocovis, and gives some sense of what is happening with aid to small towns in the interior. This link also has links to 3 other PR stories written in Oct. and several from late Sept. My son who lives with his family in the southern San Juan suburb of Guaynabo had texted early on that the family was OK. A few days ago he phoned my son in Baltimore that he now had city water. I had phoned the day before Maria hit and he said he had plenty of water, chlorox, and lived in a strong cement building with storm shutters. He also said they had no significant interior damage except for water blowing under the front door. With electric and generator skills I imagine he is working very hard on the recovery.
This 16,000 includes citizens of island nations affected by Irma in early Sept. It also includes private jets flying the infirm and elderly to hospitals in the mainland US.
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