After Hurricanes Maria and Irma, Puerto Rico all but slipped from the modern era. The human and economic damage wrought by all that time without power may be irreparable.https://nyti.ms/2FVZMTp
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In October, Whitefish Energy, a 2-employee company from Montana, was awarded a $300 million contract to rebuild 100 miles of power transmission lines. After a scandal erupted, the government canceled the deal.https://nyti.ms/2KLbR1I
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In December, a review by The New York Times of daily mortality data indicated a significantly higher death toll in Puerto Rico after the hurricane than the government there has acknowledgedhttps://nyti.ms/2KHKJR0
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3 months after the storms,
@sherifink provided a look inside Puerto Rico's largest housing project for low-income seniors. She helped explain the hurricanes' continuing impact on the vulnerable. https://nyti.ms/2FVbq14 pic.twitter.com/CN7h3X8vpQ
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In January,
@itscaitlinhd and@nytvideo took us inside Puerto Rico’s only suicide prevention call center, where the phones were ringing constantly https://nyti.ms/2KK7K5K pic.twitter.com/EGiv8qXbqlShow this thread -
A one-woman company was awarded a huge contract by FEMA to provide 30 million meals to hungry people in Puerto Rico. Only 50,000 were delivered.https://nyti.ms/2KK7R1a
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Almost everybody in Puerto Rico had their lights back on — until a freak accident on April 18 briefly plunged the entire island into darkness once againhttps://nyti.ms/2KJ9ZpS
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More than 6 months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria swept across Puerto Rico, people are still without power. The hurricane season returns in June. https://nyti.ms/2KJarV6 pic.twitter.com/EgwMdvsHMc
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NYT actually have a roving reporter on ground in lines in Puerto Rico
Why is every Fake News story, a story with an Agenda? That’s just 1 reason you kids do Fake News.Ur activists, not journalists .That’s a sad joke, as u have talented writers, but all the same story
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But this administration wants BILLIONS for a wall ! PUERTO RICO
needs HELP !! FLINT MICHIGAN NEEDS CLEAN WATER !! OUR VETERANS NEED BETTER CARE !! OUR SENIORS NEED RESOURCES !! WTF !!! This administration and Congress BETTER GET WITH IT !!! We ARE FAILING as A NATION !! SADThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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For the Whitehouse to allow this to happen to the Puerto Rican People, is beyond disgusting!!
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Trump call what his done there a ten. Looks more like a three.what do you call what his doing for America Maybe a four
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I've been through 3 Hurricanes , including Hugo And Floyd in which I lost my house. We rebuilt, my neighbors helped me, I helped them. It happened ALL OVER Charleston No one waited or expected the Government to rebuild for them
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