Posted on 08/28/2018 9:13:33 AM PDT by cll
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Maria killed far more people in Puerto Rico than initially thought, accounting for an estimated 2,975 deaths on the island from September 2017 through February 2018, according to a new analysis. The study found that those in low-income areas, and elderly men, were at greatest risk of dying.
The independent analysis was commissioned by the governor of Puerto Rico and conducted by researchers at George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. CBS News obtained a report on the findings from Carlos Mercader, executive director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration.
To arrive at the 2,975 figure, the study looked at historical death patterns from 2010 to 2017 to estimate how many people would have died had Hurricane Maria not hit the island. That figure was then compared to the actual number of deaths from September 2017 through February 2018 — obtained in records provided by the Puerto Rico Vital Statistics Records division of the Puerto Rico Department of Health — to determine what the report describes as the "estimate of excess mortality due to the hurricane."
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While Trump was ridiculed by some for saying PR is an island surrounded by water, he should have explained that there were few ports, damaged cranes, and storms still at sea for several days after Maria passed on. Also, Google “Images of Maria in Puerto Rico” to see hundreds of devastating photos of what happened everywhere. It would put the link myself, but my computer is acting funny.
I phoned my son just before Maria hit. He lives just south of San Juan. He said he had plenty of bottled water, hurricane panels on the windows, non perishable food, a creek just down a slope from his door, and plenty of old fashioned Clorox to purify water if they used up their bottled water. Also lots of candles and batteries. What he didn’t have and was quickly gone from stores was baking soda which he needed when he went to clients condos 2 weeks later to muck out their electricity lacking refrigerators. Ugggh.
How do you keep your insulin cold without refrigeration for weeks and weeks, especially in more isolated areas. Diabetic coma alone, I suspect, was one of the significant causes of post Maria death. Does anyone have statistics on what the various causes of death were in the months after Maria?
yeah it must have been a terrible mess there- I’m sure some aren’t even recovered yet-Terrible terrible storm-
I would probably try one of those 12V travel coolers in an emergency. Or one of those very small 12V soda can coolers.
I would have a couple 12V deep cycle batteries and a 100 watt solar panel to recharge the batteries.
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