10-04-2017, 05:17 AM
No one is saying that PR should have to manage on their own...
People are making a lot of excuses rather than dealing with the difficult situation: "FEMA isn't a first responder." "Puerto Rico wants everything done for them." “……#FakeNews critics are working overtime, but we’re getting great marks from the people that truly matter! #PRStrong”
FEMA hasn't even authorized full disaster help for Puerto Rico as of yesterday. Two weeks after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, the situation on the island remains dire: Only 5 percent of the electrical grid has been repaired, only 17 percent of cellphone towers are working, and more than half of residents don't have running water.
But the Federal Emergency Management Agency has not authorized every disaster response tool it has at its disposal — including aid for more permanent repairs on the island's roads, bridges, water control facilities, public utilities, and government buildings. FEMA authorized this level of aid for Texas 10 days after Hurricane Harvey flooded the Houston area with 4.5 feet of rain.
The government of Puerto Rico already asked for this kind of aid: Under FEMA rules, the governor of the affected state is supposed to put in a formal request for this kind of extra help. A spokesperson for FEMA in Puerto Rico that the commonwealth just submitted the paperwork Tuesday morning, but didn't say how soon the aid might be authorized.
A good place to start in protecting your citizens is to aggressively push an agenda of self-reliance for for your residents as Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency does.
Do you have a flood and wind proof storage system? Non-electrical water purifier? There is really only so much you can reasonably expect 3.4 million people to do. Perhaps in PUNA we can all start prepping but it's different if there's millions of people. Here's Hawaii's/FEMA's official response plan: http://dod.hawaii.gov/hiema/sert-resourc...resources/
And here's what people are recommended to do: https://dod.hawaii.gov/hiema/files/2017/...ess-NR.pdf
People are making a lot of excuses rather than dealing with the difficult situation: "FEMA isn't a first responder." "Puerto Rico wants everything done for them." “……#FakeNews critics are working overtime, but we’re getting great marks from the people that truly matter! #PRStrong”
FEMA hasn't even authorized full disaster help for Puerto Rico as of yesterday. Two weeks after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, the situation on the island remains dire: Only 5 percent of the electrical grid has been repaired, only 17 percent of cellphone towers are working, and more than half of residents don't have running water.
But the Federal Emergency Management Agency has not authorized every disaster response tool it has at its disposal — including aid for more permanent repairs on the island's roads, bridges, water control facilities, public utilities, and government buildings. FEMA authorized this level of aid for Texas 10 days after Hurricane Harvey flooded the Houston area with 4.5 feet of rain.
The government of Puerto Rico already asked for this kind of aid: Under FEMA rules, the governor of the affected state is supposed to put in a formal request for this kind of extra help. A spokesperson for FEMA in Puerto Rico that the commonwealth just submitted the paperwork Tuesday morning, but didn't say how soon the aid might be authorized.
A good place to start in protecting your citizens is to aggressively push an agenda of self-reliance for for your residents as Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency does.
Do you have a flood and wind proof storage system? Non-electrical water purifier? There is really only so much you can reasonably expect 3.4 million people to do. Perhaps in PUNA we can all start prepping but it's different if there's millions of people. Here's Hawaii's/FEMA's official response plan: http://dod.hawaii.gov/hiema/sert-resourc...resources/
And here's what people are recommended to do: https://dod.hawaii.gov/hiema/files/2017/...ess-NR.pdf