Analysis: Things are still dire in Puerto Rico

[groundloop]

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Source: CBS News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Eighty-five percent of Puerto Rico is still without power after the U.S. was rocked by Hurricane Maria more than two weeks ago. There are at least 19,000 federal civilian or military personnel assisting on the ground.

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CBS News correspondent David Begnaud, who has reported extensively on the crisis in Puerto Rico, said things are as dire in Puerto Rico as they were last week. For example, half of the island has access to drinkable water, and everyone is being told to boil water before using it.

"A lot of people are saying to us, how do you boil the water if you don't have the power to boil it, if you don't have the stove to turn on to boil the water?" Begnaud said.

Begnaud says he received images from a man who was in Manatí with his family on Sunday. The pictures showed people standing in long lines waiting to get water on a side of the road where people were using PVC pipes to tap into a stream alongside a mountain.

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And 45* let the waiver of the Jones Act expire, limiting options of how supplies can be shipped to Puerto Rico. Since 45* isn't talking about Puerto Rico anymore we need to keep it front and center however we can to ensure that recovery continues.

There is much more detail at the linked article which just won't fit into the 4 paragraph limit, well worth the read.

[lapfog_1]

1. so I had this thought...

obviously the government is going to fail the people of Puerto Rico.

so maybe a group of billionaires (Elon? Are you listening?) does the following:

1. Buys up the PR debt for pennies on the dollar ($10B or so)

2. Rebuilds the island... from the ground up... hurricane-resistant housing, distributed clean energy, new tourist resorts, retains the look and feel of historical accurate decor and architecture, employs sustainable practices

3. Hires only locals to do the work.

4. creates new manufacturing centers for longer term work... plus a lot of "mom and pop" for the handmade crafts and products of the Carribean (which will employ more people than the factory jobs)

5. markets the resulting products around the world.

6. Takes out minority interest ownership with all of the businesses thus created (to various percentages based on investment)... much better than debt. But allows the various business owners to buy out the investors.

[Wednesdays]

4. It won't generate profit

So it's not gonna happen.
It's the American Way.

[lapfog_1]

5. im pretty sure it would

I don't have the data to run an economic model... but a 20 year projection would probably show this as a profitable venture

[Marthe48]

2. Check Status of Puerto Rico here: http://status.pr/

The state government of PR is updating the site every day.

[Achilleaze]

3. the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief is pissing on Americans in PR

because they refused to lick his republican boots.

Sick. History will record this as a heinously & historically sick and evil republican ATTACK BY NEGLECT on the American citizens of an important American island territory.

[Yonnie3]

6. Link

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/analysis-puerto-rico-things-are-still-dire/

[geardaddy]

7. Please consider removing and reposting in GD

Please consider reposting this to GD. This is analysis, not news.

[ffr]

8. Not a rich white suburban setting. It's as simple as that.

And we know it.

[Cryptoad]

9. Puerto Who??????

Rico????? ,,,,,, but Ole Yellar said everythang is OTay there

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Locking - this is analysis, rather than a news article

as its title says. Also, can you please give the link to articles in LBN (or GD, for that matter, where the hosts suggest you repost this). Thanks.