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cwydro

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3. Sorry, but this reminds me of another DUer's hysterical claims regarding another hurricane.

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Sun Oct 1, 2017, 01:16 AM

Oct 2017

That person is banned so I'm not calling her out.

It's obvious Puerto Rico is in dire straits, but I'm going to hold off on believing this until I see official accounts.

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Maria's Puerto Rican dead are being under-reported. It's not 16 and may be in the hundreds. [View all] pnwmom Oct 2017 OP

There are many dead. But how many are missing or swept out to sea? democratisphere Oct 2017 #1

Many are missing. Their families have no way of contacting them. nt pnwmom Oct 2017 #2

Sorry, but this reminds me of another DUer's hysterical claims regarding another hurricane. cwydro Oct 2017 #3

What is hysterical about the OP or about the article? n/t pnwmom Oct 2017 #6

Did you read the article? SunSeeker Oct 2017 #15

by the time all is said and done lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #4

OMG, The morgues in shuttered hospitals.... hedda_foil Oct 2017 #5

this needs to get out more gopiscrap Oct 2017 #7

Awful Not Ruth Oct 2017 #8

People are spread out and the gasoline shortages affect police, too. Also, there is no pnwmom Oct 2017 #9

Health checks keep people alive Not Ruth Oct 2017 #10

Not if there are no medical supplies or functioning hospitals. You don't seem to understand pnwmom Oct 2017 #13

Health checks could help. Igel Oct 2017 #23

Trump tweeted today that all the buildings have been checked which is horseshit elehhhhna Oct 2017 #17

Probably not, in the case of a disaster this widespread. MineralMan Oct 2017 #20

KnR Hekate Oct 2017 #11

K&R!!!!!! burrowowl Oct 2017 #12

After reading that article, it appears obvious the dead are in the hundreds, if not over 1,000. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #14

Can't refrigerate insulin, can't get dialysis, can't oxygenate premies and the elderly... Squinch Oct 2017 #16

Yep. nt SunSeeker Oct 2017 #18

But Geraldo Rivera scoffed at the San Juan mayor, saying "I haven't seen anyone dying." nt tblue37 Oct 2017 #19

35,000 people die in PR every year no matter what. former9thward Oct 2017 #21

But the numbers of hurricane deaths will be grossly understated if they include only those pnwmom Oct 2017 #24

Duh! malaise Oct 2017 #22