Hurricane Maria/Irma and Puerto Rico: 9/11 - Runway full of bottled water discovered untouched

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Trump administration forcing Puerto Rico evacuees to pay for airfare: report
BY JOHN BOWDEN - 09/28/17 08:23 AM EDT 516
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The Trump administration is reportedly forcing evacuees from Puerto Rico to sign promissory notes ensuring full repayment for transportation costs and is keeping evacuees' passports as collateral.

MarketWatch reported on Thursday that the State Department is using a longstanding but discretionary policy to ensure that evacuees pay transportation costs, which are based on “the price of the last commercial one-way, full-fare (not discounted) economy ticket prior to the crisis.”

Passports won't be returned to evacuees until payment is received, according to the news outlet, which cited the State Department's website.

“Upon evacuation, a Department of State official must limit an evacuee’s passport. In order to obtain a new passport, an evacuee must arrange payment as agreed upon via the promissory note," the website reads.
When those repayments can be made is a different story.

According to the State Department's website, the loans are managed "by the Comptroller and Global Financial Services office in Charleston, South Carolina," but cannot currently be repaid.

"Currently, loan repayments cannot be completed due to ongoing emergencies in the region. We will update travel.state.gov/evacuate as soon as repayments can be made," the State Department says.

The news comes as the Trump administration faces criticism for the pace of relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Most of the U.S. territory's 3.4 million inhabitants are without drinking water, and electricity could be down on the island for up to 6 months.

On Tuesday, Trump vowed that his administration would receive high marks for Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

“We’ve gotten A-pluses on Texas and in Florida, and we will also on Puerto Rico,” Trump said Tuesday. “But the difference is this is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean. It’s a big ocean, it’s a very big ocean. And we’re doing a really good job.”

is that so
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Found this story intestering:

Mark Cuban Loaned Mavericks Plane to J.J. Barea for Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief

 

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Found this story intestering:

Mark Cuban Loaned Mavericks Plane to J.J. Barea for Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief

I would say that citizen rescuers and volunteers have done an A+ in Houston up to this point.

This is still far from over.

State/Local government has done about a C, because it was their fault that the reservoir system hadn't been updated, but they did a fairly effective job getting people out of dangerous areas and limiting deaths.

Federal government gets a D, as in haven't really Done shyt. I've heard some people getting FEMA funds quickly and others having extensive problems getting it.

I think this would've been a much bigger issue if citizen response hadn't been at the level it was.




Can't speak for Florida.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Lifted the Jones Act I read, sounds like they're still in for a rough ride

 

[Paper Boi]

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

Dam PR getting screwed royally by the US. I'd wanna secede if I were them.

 

[PremierDaTruth]

Can’t afford it

 

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Washington Post
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"This is a life or death story ... When you have people out there dying, literally scraping for food, where is the good news?," San Juan's mayor said.


San Juan mayor slams Trump administration comments on Puerto Rico hurricane response
Local officials say the situation in Puerto Rico remains dire.

WASHINGTONPOST.COM|BY MARK BERMAN

 

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Trump emphasizes challenges in Puerto Rico amid criticism of hurricane response

Trump emphasizes challenges in Puerto Rico amid criticism of hurricane response



By John Wagner September 29 at 1:14 PM
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Trump says Puerto Rican leaders are ’totally unable’ to handle disaster
On Sept. 29, President Trump said that "the government of Puerto Rico will have to work with us to determine how this massive rebuilding effort … will be funded and organized and what we will do with the tremendous amount of existing debt already on the island." (The Washington Post)

Facing a cascade of criticism over his administration’s response to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, President Trump on Friday sought to underscore the vast challenges involved in the recovery effort, saying “nobody’s ever seen anything like it.”

At the top of a speech devoted to tax policy, Trump ticked off a series of issues he said are making the recovery more difficult, including that Puerto Rico is an island, that its infrastructure was already in “very, very poor shape” and that the U.S. territory is saddled with “tremendous” debt.


“Ultimately the government of Puerto Rico will have to work with us to determine how this massive rebuilding effort … will be funded and organized, and what we will do with the tremendous amount of existing debt already on the island,” Trump said.

“We will not rest, however, until the people of Puerto Rico are safe,” he added. “These are great people. We want them to be safe and sound and secure. And we will be there every day until that happens.”


Trump’s comments came during an address in Washington to the National Association of Manufacturers that was staged to pitch the tax reform plan that he and Republican congressional leaders unveiled this week.

The president promised a “giant, beautiful, massive, the biggest-ever-in-our-country tax cut” and touted his administration’s efforts to cut regulations “at a pace that has never even been thought of.”


Trump promises 'giant, beautiful, massive, the biggest ever in our country tax cut'
President Trump promoted "Made in the USA" products on Sept. 29 and said that his tax plan includes a "giant, beautiful, massive, the biggest ever in our country tax cut." (The Washington Post)
During his remarks on Hurricane Maria, Trump said the federal government has launched a “massive” effort to aid Puerto Rico that includes more than 10,000 federal workers, including 5,000 military and National Guard personnel “led by a very, very strong and talented three-star general.”

Trump repeatedly asserted his administration was facing unprecedented challenges in responding to a storm “of historic and catastrophic severity” that has affected an island that is home to 3.4 million Americans.

“This is an island surrounded by water — big water, ocean water,” Trump said.

The president said the federal government is closely coordinating with territorial and local governments, which he said are “totally and unfortunately unable to handle this catastrophic crisis on their own — just totally unable to.”


Trump said key personnel on the island, including police and truck drivers, are “very substantially gone.”

“They're taking care of their families and largely unable to get involved, largely unable to help,” he said. “Therefore, we're forced to bring in truck drivers, security and many, many other personnel by the thousands. And we're bringing them onto the island as we speak. We've never seen a situation like this.”

Trump said the island’s electrical grid and other infrastructure “were at their life's end prior to the hurricanes. And now virtually everything has been wiped out and we will have to really start all over again. We're literally starting from scratch.”

He noted that his administration is also working with the U.S. Virgin Islands, which were also hit by the storm, and that in both locations “there’s nothing left. It’s been wiped out.”

“The houses are largely flattened. The roads are washed away. There is no electricity. The plants are gone. They're gone,” Trump said.

 

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@DEAD7 embarrassing himself in here.

taking his mod status was a good idea

 

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[ineedsleep212]

this shyt is disgusting

 

[ineedsleep212]

This muhfugga still talking that dumb shyt





Tf is this "people working hard" shyt

 

[Bleed The Freak]

The fukk is wrong with this man?! Disgusting.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Trump shyts on the mayor of Puerto Rico AND the media in response to his hurricane relief efforts. Essentially calls them lazy:

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