Re: Puerto Rico Donations

RainCityWoman · ‎06-16-2015

@castlenv wrote:
Yes, PR are Americans and have suffered much greater devastation than either Houston or the Keys. I can't believe that food and water can't be brought in via ship or plane. A real tragedy.

It HAS been brought in in huge containers on ships. The problem is there are not enough personnel there to distribute, some of the remote roads are gone, they don't have personnel to reopen the roads with equipment, gasoline is in short supple and is being rationed, and people in remote areas are trapped and can't get out. It is a total humanitarian crisis.

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

@RainCityWoman wrote:
@castlenv wrote:
Yes, PR are Americans and have suffered much greater devastation than either Houston or the Keys. I can't believe that food and water can't be brought in via ship or plane. A real tragedy.

It HAS been brought in in huge containers on ships. The problem is there are not enough personnel there to distribute, some of the remote roads are gone, they don't have personnel to reopen the roads with equipment, gasoline is in short supple and is being rationed, and people in remote areas are trapped and can't get out. It is a total humanitarian crisis.

@RainCityWoman @kaydee50

One of the humanitarian charities (not the red cross) has "boots on the ground" and explained they are trying to deliver food and water but the going is slow because as you said, getting the stuff there is difficult there are many areas with no roads...or the roads are obstructed with tons of debris so they have to be cleared out first and that is slow going.....and no gasoline for equipment. And with no airfields operting planes are basically "flying blind"... They said it was a logistic nightmare and have never experienced anything like it...............

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RoughDraft · ‎03-09-2010

I'm shocked that so many don't seem to understand the logistics of this particular situation. Bridges have collapsed, roads have been washed away, there's no electricity, ergo water and food cannot be distributed to remote areas. You can't gas up your car to help others father away from you or you'll be stranded on a washed out road yourself. Hospitals are closing because their generators have no fuel, the sick and elderly cannot receive treatment, let alone nourishment. There are no communication modes working. Farms have been destroyed along with most of the vegetation on the island. It looks like a nuclear bomb went off on the entire island.

Boots on the ground are a fraction of what was sent to Texas and Florida.

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RetRN · ‎10-01-2013

@Noel7 wrote:
@RetRN wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
Puerto Rico running out of drinking water.

MSNBC
Perhaps MSNBC could make a donation. Rev. Al, Rachel, Chris, Joe & Mika could certainly assist financially for water.
@RetRN

The donations aren't the problem. Yesterday there were.TEN THOUSAND shipping crates on the ground containing food and water. Supposedly boots were on the ground also, but no one was opening the crates or delivering supplies.

Financial donations are not the problem at the moment.

Couldn't the mayor or residents open crates?

RoughDraft · ‎03-09-2010

@RetRN wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
@RetRN wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
Puerto Rico running out of drinking water.

MSNBC
Perhaps MSNBC could make a donation. Rev. Al, Rachel, Chris, Joe & Mika could certainly assist financially for water.
@RetRN

The donations aren't the problem. Yesterday there were.TEN THOUSAND shipping crates on the ground containing food and water. Supposedly boots were on the ground also, but no one was opening the crates or delivering supplies.

Financial donations are not the problem at the moment.
Couldn't the mayor or residents open crates?

Open the crates? Then what? Strap supplies on their backs and carry them to remote areas spread through the island with no bridges or roads because if you haven't heard, fuel is dangerously low? Seriously?

~The only difference between this place and the Titanic is that the Titanic had a band.~

TenderMercies · ‎06-03-2017

@RetRN wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
@RetRN wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
Puerto Rico running out of drinking water.

MSNBC
Perhaps MSNBC could make a donation. Rev. Al, Rachel, Chris, Joe & Mika could certainly assist financially for water.
@RetRN

The donations aren't the problem. Yesterday there were.TEN THOUSAND shipping crates on the ground containing food and water. Supposedly boots were on the ground also, but no one was opening the crates or delivering supplies.

Financial donations are not the problem at the moment.
Couldn't the mayor or residents open crates?

Probably is hard to do just about anything when you haven't eaten in a week.

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

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Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@RainCityWoman wrote:
@castlenv wrote:
Yes, PR are Americans and have suffered much greater devastation than either Houston or the Keys. I can't believe that food and water can't be brought in via ship or plane. A real tragedy.

It HAS been brought in in huge containers on ships. The problem is there are not enough personnel there to distribute, some of the remote roads are gone, they don't have personnel to reopen the roads with equipment, gasoline is in short supple and is being rationed, and people in remote areas are trapped and can't get out. It is a total humanitarian crisis.

@RainCityWoman

Reportedly, there are something like 10,000 troops there to help, they have been there for a couple of days but the crates have not been opened and no supplies delivered.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@RetRN wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
@RetRN wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
Puerto Rico running out of drinking water.

MSNBC
Perhaps MSNBC could make a donation. Rev. Al, Rachel, Chris, Joe & Mika could certainly assist financially for water.
@RetRN

The donations aren't the problem. Yesterday there were.TEN THOUSAND shipping crates on the ground containing food and water. Supposedly boots were on the ground also, but no one was opening the crates or delivering supplies.

Financial donations are not the problem at the moment.
Couldn't the mayor or residents open crates?

@RetRN

No, apparently not. And we are talking huge crates, metal from what it looks like.

Troops may not be able to get to everyone right away but there are people in need standing right around the crates.

Everyone interviewed in PR has said they haven't seen any of our troops.

sunshine 919 · ‎12-22-2013

@castlenv wrote:
Yes, PR are Americans and have suffered much greater devastation than either Houston or the Keys. I can't believe that food and water can't be brought in via ship or plane. A real tragedy.

I totally agree, why can't we drop water, food by air. These poor people have no electricity, clean water. What is going on??? They are citizens. We do more for other countries. I am not understanding.