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Puerto Rico: Video shows Puerto Rico school going wild as lights come back on after months of blackouts - Singing, cheering and even bell-ringing erupt as staff and pupils celebrate:
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I noted one week after the hurricane hit Puerto Rico that the federal handling of the disaster was abysmal and that Trump should have resigned for his utter negligence on the issue which was far worse than Bush's negligence with regard to Hurricane Katrina. In the hundred days since, Trump and his administration have continued their woefully inadequate assistance to the people of Puerto Rico - whom, it bears remembering, are US citizens and he is their President.
In the early days after the disaster his administration was trumpeting the low 'official death toll' as some sort of measure of their success, while reports from people on the island were all saying there were a lot more dead in the wake of the slow response to the disaster than was being reported (one harrowing comment I heard from a Puerto Rican in the couple of weeks after the hurricane was: "All the people in the local hospital on life support, and in intensive care - well the hospital lost power and all the equipment stopped working, so now they're all dead.") The NYT, with the benefit of 3 months to do an analysis, suggests: Official Toll in Puerto Rico: 64. Actual Deaths May Be 1,052.
As a result of the abysmal response to the disaster, many, many, Puerto Ricans have simply left the island and moved to nearby Florida. Amusingly, as US citizens, they are entitled to vote if they live in Florida: Exodus from Puerto Rico could upend Florida vote in 2016 presidential race:
Staff and pupils went wild with joy when the lights came back on in a Puerto Rico school after months without power, video shows.
The Academia Bautista de Puerto Nuevo said it had gone 112 days without electricity after Hurricane Maria tore through the US territory last September....
...pupils can be seen dancing in their classrooms as teachers come out into the halls to film the scene. Singing, cheering and even bell-ringing erupt as the school celebrates...
Nearly 40 per cent of power customers remain in the dark.
Last week the island's governor, Ricardo Rossello, criticised the federal government's response to Hurricane Maria and said residents of the island - who are US citizens - are being treated like "second-class citizens".
Mr Rossello and other critics have complained that federal aid given to Puerto Rico after its worst natural disaster has not been equal to that given to Florida, Texas and California after similar catastrophes.
The Academia Bautista de Puerto Nuevo said it had gone 112 days without electricity after Hurricane Maria tore through the US territory last September....
...pupils can be seen dancing in their classrooms as teachers come out into the halls to film the scene. Singing, cheering and even bell-ringing erupt as the school celebrates...
Nearly 40 per cent of power customers remain in the dark.
Last week the island's governor, Ricardo Rossello, criticised the federal government's response to Hurricane Maria and said residents of the island - who are US citizens - are being treated like "second-class citizens".
Mr Rossello and other critics have complained that federal aid given to Puerto Rico after its worst natural disaster has not been equal to that given to Florida, Texas and California after similar catastrophes.
(Trigger warning: Vertical video)
I noted one week after the hurricane hit Puerto Rico that the federal handling of the disaster was abysmal and that Trump should have resigned for his utter negligence on the issue which was far worse than Bush's negligence with regard to Hurricane Katrina. In the hundred days since, Trump and his administration have continued their woefully inadequate assistance to the people of Puerto Rico - whom, it bears remembering, are US citizens and he is their President.
In the early days after the disaster his administration was trumpeting the low 'official death toll' as some sort of measure of their success, while reports from people on the island were all saying there were a lot more dead in the wake of the slow response to the disaster than was being reported (one harrowing comment I heard from a Puerto Rican in the couple of weeks after the hurricane was: "All the people in the local hospital on life support, and in intensive care - well the hospital lost power and all the equipment stopped working, so now they're all dead.") The NYT, with the benefit of 3 months to do an analysis, suggests: Official Toll in Puerto Rico: 64. Actual Deaths May Be 1,052.
As a result of the abysmal response to the disaster, many, many, Puerto Ricans have simply left the island and moved to nearby Florida. Amusingly, as US citizens, they are entitled to vote if they live in Florida: Exodus from Puerto Rico could upend Florida vote in 2016 presidential race:
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