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To: Kaslin

The Trump administration is aggressively involved in assisting Puerto Rico in numerous ways including:

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) continues to coordinate federal support for U.S. Virgin Islands’ and Puerto Rico’s response efforts. Federal partners are aggressively working to meet and overcome challenges to opening ports and restoring power to bring additional life-saving commodities and personnel into disaster-affected areas.

FEMA Urban Search & Rescue

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) successfully opened five airports in Puerto Rico, and two airports in the U.S. Virgin Islands, for military and relief flights to bring in commodities, and lifesaving and life-sustaining resources. Federal partners established a fuel distribution site in San Juan for federal and local entities, to support first responder and critical facility needs.

Flights and sea vessels loaded with commodities are arriving or awaiting airport/port clearance for delivery:
•Six commercial barges transported and delivered meals, water, generators, cots, and other commodities to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

•An air bridge is established, flying three flights per day to St. Croix, each carrying approximately 33,000 meals.

•The logistics support ship SS Wright arrived carrying more than 1.1 million meals, and nearly one million liters of freshwater.

•Two shipping barges with 1.2 million liters of water, 31 generators, and more than 6,000 cots arrived in St. Thomas.

•Two additional shipping barges loaded with food, water, and emergency relief supplies are en route to the Caribbean Sea from Florida.

•Millions of additional meals are being flown to Puerto Rico from staging areas in Kentucky and Florida.

•The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is transporting a shipment of 124,000 gallons of diesel fuel to Puerto Rico, with arrival in the coming days.

A lot more here:
https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2017/09/23/federal-government-continues-hurricane-maria-response-and-relief-operations


15 posted on 09/24/2017 7:29:49 PM PDT by toldyou (Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas.)
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To: toldyou

And of course the media is reporting this. /s


22 posted on 09/24/2017 7:43:36 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: toldyou

Sounds like they’re getting plenty of help, but I’m hearing they won’t have power for 4-6 weeks.


31 posted on 09/24/2017 8:17:03 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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