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EyeAmYourHost39

Thu 10/12/17 03:42 PM

Good evening my lovely people of Mingle2, shouts out to all my " Vocal Avengers" keep looking out for more new material from yours truly. Meanwhile, America, I want to talk about whats going on with Puerto Rico & the water supply with them. I was reading the " Metro Paper" here in Philly, and a interesting article faced " Puerto Rico Facing Fresh Water Shortage After Hurricane Maria". I was like " wow, okay". It went to say that water in Puerto Rico is scarce that people are forced to drink dirty water & then becoming infected with Leptospirosis. follow me America, it goes on to say The lack of water has led several rural communities on the island to drink , wash , & bathe in rivers & springs. Ouch....As a result, the mayor of the town of Canovonas, Loma Soto reported in recent days that about 7 people from her municipality were infected Leptospirosis, a bacteria transmitted by the urine of some animals. Which can be deadly. OMG! follow me now, FEMA reported yesterday that it distributed an estimated 7 million liters of water, however, in communities like Punta Santiago in Hurricane or Martel in Azecibo, people say that they are not receiving enough supplies. So let's talk about it, what's your take on this issue here?

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EyeAmYourHost39

Thu 10/12/17 03:48 PM

EyeAmYourHost39,

By 10:30am in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, the temp already exceeded up to 80 degrees under the hot sun people was lining up outside a supermarket in the poor San Juan suburb like many others Mario Verde was hoping to find drinking water and he brought 4 gallons jugs with him just to find out there's no water. OMG!...At home , he has tap water but says he doesn't want to have to use it for drinking because he doesn't trust that it will be available if the water from his sink turn dirty.

EyeAmYourHost39

Thu 10/12/17 03:57 PM

EyeAmYourHost39,

Check this out, the town has about 7,000 families & the mayor has only two tanker trucks to distribute to approximately 200 families a day. It also distributes bottled water that it picks up at a distribution centers in the metropolitan area of Bayamon with eight brigades that go house to house. A nation guard brigade arrived in that mountain area with equipment to purify water, but they cannot distribute it because they have to wait up to seven days for the AAA laboratory to certify its portability..

mightymoe

Thu 10/12/17 04:32 PM

Not sure why Puerto Rico has got your attention, but 22 states here have affected by hurricanes here in the last month..maybe the loudmouth liberal mayor has got your sympathy?

Argo

Thu 10/12/17 07:11 PM

i blame Trump

mitvilla

Thu 10/12/17 07:19 PM

you can't blame trump for what happen in Puerto Rico

Integrityis1st

Thu 10/12/17 07:35 PM

Just listen to Carmen Yulin Cruz mayor of San Yuan on CNN. She loves Trump as much as you argo.
Been watching to see if cover Harvey. So far seems to be all about incompetent presidency.

alleoops

Thu 10/12/17 08:46 PM

Puerto Rico has never taken care of itself. Why should they start now?

Integrityis1st

Thu 10/12/17 09:15 PM

What about the free world Trump? Commenting on multiple things as to why the most powerful country in the free world owes them and so on. Wow. I've noticed this lack of gratitude in the last couple of years.

Stu

Thu 10/12/17 10:50 PM

I'm more concerned with California and our actual other states devastated by recent disasters. If they have springs in PR, then it should not have bacteria in it and is safe to drink. Bath in the ocean, build a boat out of scrap and leave. Idk... it seems the apocalypse is rearing it head. The time is nigh.

mightymoe

Fri 10/13/17 03:47 AM

you can't blame trump for what happen in Puerto Rico

liberals just talk without any kind of facts involved...then whine and cry when they don't get what they want...

TxsGal3333

Fri 10/13/17 04:14 AM

The reason they say what is happening in Puerto Rico is due to roads being blocked ect...

It is surely not lack of supplies for they have containers of stuff just sitting full of stuff that has been sent...

Along with our military as well helping all they can..

It is sad what is going on.. With all the different areas of the USA that has been hit here by Hurricanes.. and all the fires...

I know that several cruise lines have went to Puerto Rico to even deliver goods and to pick up any of those that wanted to leave to take them off the island..

The way I understand some of it is the Mayor there is not very organized nor were they ready with any sort of plan if this was to happen.. Not blaming it on that either ...

Just saying with all the money that has been donated to Puerto Rico and all the help not sure why some want to blame Trump or the USA for lack of attention to them...

Heck we have those that went through Katrina that has never gotten all the help they needed...

msharmony

Fri 10/13/17 08:13 AM

I think many can dismiss PR because it is a US territory as opposed to a US state. None theless, it is my opinion that as a US territory, the US should do what it can for its people in times of natural disaster just like it would its states.

I am not there to know where the ball is being dropped, but I feel for people that have to live without something as basic as clean water and who area actually DYING because of it. I feel blessed to wake up and know that clean water is something I can just 'take for granted'.

I cant imagine such a life and just hope that there is enough humanity from those able to help to lend them enough help to at least have the basics they need.

Edited by msharmony on Fri 10/13/17 08:13 AM

mightymoe

Fri 10/13/17 10:20 AM

the ball being dropped is the loudmouth liberal mayor using the hurricane as a political front against trump...PR is 1500 miles across an ocean, and if the damage us that bad, where are the relief planed supposed to land?

EyeAmYourHost39

Fri 10/13/17 10:47 AM

MIghtyMoe,

Well your guy Trump tends to neglect P.R. calling Spanish Puerto Ricans to be a term I'm not ever going to say but the real issue P.R. water is dirty and children and families subjected to drinking it. at least here in the states after hurricanes we still have clean water. them they don't.

yellowrose10

Fri 10/13/17 10:59 AM

I do believe it is the way PR is handling it. Let me explain why. This mayor is saying they have nothing but the governor praised the administration. There IS aid there but keep in mind this is also after 2 big hurricanes and fires. Governor Ricardo Rosello said the adminstratiin answered every petition and FEMA was in the phone with him all the time to check in. Trump lifted the Jones Act to get the supplies in. So where is the issue? From all I have read, they are being treated like the states

With the supplies, etc, didn't the House just pass a $36.5 billion aid package?

Edited by yellowrose10 on Fri 10/13/17 11:05 AM

alleoops

Fri 10/13/17 01:03 PM

Emergency pre-planning helps a lot. Don't know where PR's head was.
Let's help them recover then they can become independent.

Edited by alleoops on Fri 10/13/17 01:03 PM

greeneyes148

Fri 10/13/17 03:13 PM

electricity is at the root of the main problem, as it is with and area hit with a natural disaster.

No electricity... no.. anything.

What PR had before the hurricane was a sub par.. very sub par electrical grid which was " patched" to many remote areas.

The entire grid is all but lost.

That can not be fixed in a week.. or a month. It will take a long time and does not fall into FEMA's scope.