Just because the msm wasn't reporting every single move and conversation with P.R. since the 21st, does not mean nothing was starting to be done. Their airport control tower is destroyed. Their weather radar station is destroyed.
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A fleet of C130's from Savannah's 165th Airlift Wing of GA Air National Guard bring in water, food and supplies to U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Croix and Puerto Rico.
SavannahNow 9/22
On Saturday, the island’s main port in San Juan reopened and 11 ships arrived, the AP reports, bringing 1.6 million gallons of water, 23,000 cots, food, and electrical generators. More than 2,500 National Guard members have been deployed to Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers are working to reopen more ports on the islands. (FEMA is keeping a running list of federal resources deployed to Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.)
AP 9/23
It knocked out power in the US commonwealth of more than 3 million people, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said. And it could be months before the electricity returns.
"This is going to be a long road," Rosselló said Saturday.
At least 15 people are confirmed dead on Dominica, and dozens more remain missing. One person died in the US Virgin Islands, probably from drowning, authorities said. At least six people were killed in Puerto Rico, said Héctor M. Pesquera, the island's public safety director.
US President Donald Trump has pledged federal help for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
On Saturday evening, the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration confirmed that 4,000 members of the the U.S. Army Reserves have been deployed in Puerto Rico to help with Hurricane Maria recovery.
The governor said the island has a 20-day supply of gasoline and diesel and will install "water oasis" stations around the island. Many roads are impassable and gas stations were destroyed, he said.
CNN 9/23
"Federal partners are aggressively working to meet and overcome challenges to opening ports and restoring power to bring additional life-saving commodities and personnel into disaster-affected areas," the Federal Emergency Management Agency said in a statement.
Several flights and sea vessels with meals, water and generators have been arriving or are headed to Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands affected, the agency said.
Brock Long, the FEMA director, said on Twitter Sunday he would visit Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands on Monday.
Residents also have limited access to cell signal, causing panic among families at home and abroad who have been unable to contact their loved ones.
"I know many people who are living in the States are worried about not hearing from their families," González said. "Don't get nervous, we just have problems with communications lines."
(I dealt with this as well in Irma...no cell service for 4 days)
CNN 9/24
Soldiers stationed at 783rd Maint. Co. in Toa Baja, P.R. transporting more than 6,000
gallons of water to the San José community, Sept. 24.
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He said he was “confident the president understands the magnitude of the situation”.
Mr Rossello said he would be speaking with Mr Trump later on Tuesday to discuss “a long-term recovery package for Puerto Rico to be presented to Congress”, apparently next week.
A flotilla of ships and thousands more military personnel are being sent to Puerto Rico, the Trump administration announced.
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Nearly 400 #RedCross workers are on the ground in Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands providing relief after Hurricane #Maria.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long said the devastation wrought by the storm presents unique logistical challenges for the federal response. He said demolished airports and seaports have made it difficult to get aid and personnel to the stricken island.
Mr Long said 16 Navy and Coast Guard ships are now in the waters around Puerto Rico, with another 10 ships on the way. They include the USS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship. Planes and ships are also bringing in a military force to help distribute aid.
ExpressAndStar 9/26
Between the Coast Guard and the Navy, the U.S. has 16 ships involved in relief in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, including the Amphibious Ready Group led by the amphibious assault ship Kearsarge, FEMA Director Long said at the White House Tuesday.
The Kearsarge has Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, aboard. At least another 10 ships were on the way or preparing to debark to the area, Long said.
At the direction of FEMA and local governors, U.S. Northern Command has overall responsibility for the military response in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, while U.S. Southern Command working through the State Department was focusing on the Caribbean's Leeward Islands.
As repairs to air traffic control systems continue, NorthCom estimated that the traffic flow to airfields in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will increase dramatically over the next 24 hours -- from 3-6 aircraft per hour to 10 per hour for a total of about 240 aircraft per day, the Defense Department said in a statement.
Military.com 9/26
U.S. Marines with the 26th MEU exit U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Utility 1654 to assist in support relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Maria in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, Sept. 25, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Alexis C. Schneider)
