Posted on 09/21/2017 6:17:43 AM PDT by cll
Hi all. Puerto Rico WAS NOT blown back to the middle ages, Matt Drudge.
Most of our buildings are built of reinforced concrete. The rest is claen up, restore services, and let nature heal itself.
There are no riots, no looting, roads are being cleaned. It will take a long time to restore everything, but we should be back real soon. I mean. Old San Juan is still there, the beaches are still there. The Rainforest will restore itself after many years of overgrowth.
We will be back real soon.
JUST SEND ICE! I don't care what anyone says, we need a flotilla of large cargo ships loaded with ICE. We need ICE machines and generators to run it. We need a massive and efficient effort to distribute ICE around the island. With ICE taken care of, we can take care of ourselves.
ICE, ICE, ICE, ICE. Please.
Hello
Ice needs electricity to stay... ice
Glad to hear you’re still out there. The news reports have been apocalyptic, claiming that PR may not have power back for another six months.
But FR loves us some storm porn!
Nothing like it ever happened in the history of the world. The government and MSM know all and wouldn’t lie to us.
I know what you mean.! Been there, done that!......................ICE ICE BABY!................
Good luck with the clean up.
How did Arecebo fare in the storm?
Good to hear most is okay.
I remember how much we needed ice after hurricane Fredric hit Mobile in 1979.
I hope you get the badly needed ice soon along with electricity and everything else.
bump for follow ups
Are you trying to say “no just ice”?
Curt Schilling and other patriots are ready and willing to help! Thousands and thousands of us will be chipping in as best we can. Stay safe.
A few icy drinks go a long way.. Thanks for posting reality. Stay safe... I will share with my husband and friends.
For a while there, they were speaking as if the entire island was gone! Sat on the runway during a refuel.. Beautiful country.
What part are you at? I’ve been to the island many times. we’ve generally stayed at the El San Juan (in case you have any report about how it fared) over the years. Dozen weeks or more.
We are supposed to dock in San Juan in about 3 weeks....think we will?
haven’t heard from anyone in Arecibo. Have an employee there. As soon as I hear from him, I’ll let you know.
I think the best bet for President Trump and congress would be to create a “consolidated relief bill” that would take care of four problems at once. Not just Texas and Florida, and not just the Puerto Rican damage, but *also* the PR bankruptcy.
In other words, after disasters, there *can be* a huge improvement in a regional economy due to the surge in reconstruction. But this requires two things: the money to rebuild, and a capable government to mostly get out of the way, and streamline the zoning and rebuilding process.
Background:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_government-debt_crisis
“In June 2016, President Barack Obama signed PROMESA into law, which appointed an oversight board with ultimate control over the commonwealth’s budget and debt restructuring. The board extended a moratorium on debt collection lawsuits by creditors until May 1, 2017. Creditors sued as soon as the stay expired, and on May 3, 2017, the Commonwealth sought the quasi-bankruptcy protections provided by the aforementioned law.”
So basically, since this oversight board already exists, President Trump could undertake a huge reconstruction project, to rebuild Puerto Rico from below the ground up. That is, new infrastructure: water, power, communications and sewers; roads and highways; many new buildings, and lots of other stuff.
Unemployment there would about drop to zero, and there would be substantial labor and materials shipped in, commercial development companies could be given serious incentives (much easier because of there being no US income tax there).
The basic concept would be to make PR as prosperous as Hawaii.
The best part is *how little* (relatively speaking) it would cost. With the PR government out of the way for the most part, the timetable would be fast, and the cost would be slashed.
At the end of it all, PR would be reconstructed, out of bankruptcy, a superior business and tourist destination, and quite likely voting Republican for a hundred years.
Of course, conservatives have a natural resistance to spending large amounts of government money. But the truth is that there is so *damned* much waste right now, that not only can slashing a bunch of the waste (which is being done) pay for this several times over, but for once America would get something *useful* out of the deal.
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