Posted on 01/19/2020 9:24:52 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez has fired the island’s director of emergency management after officials found a warehouse full of emergency supplies dating back to 2017's Hurricane Maria.
Vasquez dismissed Carlos Acevedo on Saturday and gave officials two days to investigate why the wasted supplies were forgotten. The warehouse was initially investigated for damage following recent earthquakes in the area, and investigators found thousands of items of supplies, including food, water, diapers, and medicine that were intended to help those affected by Hurricane Maria years ago.
¡Esto le saca las lágrimas de coraje a cualquiera! 😡😡😡 Pañales, comida para bebés, estufas, radios, agua, carpas, toldos, ENTRE MUCHOS OTROS SUMINISTROS PERDIÉNDOSE DESDE MARÍA!!! ESTO ES TODO LO QUE PIDE LA GENTE DEL SUR CON LOS TERREMOTOS!!! Video: El León Fiscalizador pic.twitter.com/cd11rdhhhK
— Jeremy Ortiz (@JeremyOrtizTV) January 18, 2020 Vasquez has nominated Brig. Gen. Victor S. Perez, the head of the Puerto Rican National Guard, to replace Acevedo.
The warehouse is located in the Guancha de Ponce sector in the city of Ponce. Ponce Mayor Mayita Melendez denied having any knowledge of the supplies sitting in the warehouse and said that the city did not manage the storage facility.
"Our people suffered greatly bc of how Hurricane María was managed. We cannot allow history to repeat itself," Melendez said on Twitter. "The City of Ponce and its Government had NO knowledge of the findings made in this warehouse near the Guancha de Ponce."
2. As we previously stated, the City of Ponce and its Government had NO knowledge of the findings made in this warehouse near the Guancha de Ponce.
— Mayita Meléndez (@mayitaalcaldesa) January 18, 2020
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Maybe they can hire Alex Cora for the job...he’s looking for work.
Hundreds of people drove the trucks, high lifts, push carts and did the loading/unloading of the entire warehouse full of goods.
When that many people knew, the whole damn island knew.
The next time there is a disaster in PR, let'm rot.
Please don't tell me about all of the innocent, 75% of these people are at least as left as whorealdo, and the other 25% ... tough.
They just sold like 250k MREs that were expiring last month in PR for like $10k. A whole warehouse full.
The people did report it.
The mayor of San Juan tried to fire a police officer who went to the foreign press.
Just because you didn’t pay any attention to the news at the time is no reason for any of the rest of us to join you in misassigning blame, Alaska.
In his defense he couldn’t find anyone to buy it...
Democrats never apologize. Wish the Republicans wouldn't neither.
Yea, I know. Just a rhetorical question.
So, basically the socialists would let baby’s go thirsty than miss an opportunity to try to discredit President Trump.
The governor who fired him was the same governor who left all those water bottles on the runway. Who’s going to fire her?
TRUMP RIGHT AGAIN! Another winning moment.
TRUMP RIGHT AGAIN! Another winning moment.
TRUMP RIGHT AGAIN! Another winning moment.
“ They just sold like 250k MREs that were expiring last month”
MREs don’t have an expiration date. They have a packed on date and an inspection date.
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Was it Schiff that told him
to withhold the aid..../s
Really? I thought they were only good for about five years. Well the listing I saw said something about expiring... Maybe it was the reinspection date.
Does water expire? Here is a different listing...
ONE LOT OF BOTTLED WATER: Est 806 PALLETS of 500 mL 16.9oz bottles, expiring in April 2020. Water has been stored in proper conditions inside the Tracy Distribution Center. Agency will not break pallets. Bidders are cautioned to inspect prior to bidding. 70934393390002
That’s a lot of water!!! For a couple hundred bucks...
“I thought they were only good for about five years.”
A properly stored MRE can be safe for ten years or so. What you saw was probably the reinspection date which is roughly every three years after packaging. However I wouldn’t count on this lot being properly stored under climate controlled conditions.
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