Hurricane Maria Has Caused Near-Total Shutdown Of Puerto Rico Economy

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press




By BEN FOX and DANICA COTO Published SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 7:04 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — First, Hurricane Maria knocked out power and water to Puerto Rico. Then diesel fuel, gas and water became scarce. Now, it’s money.

The aftermath of the powerful storm has resulted in a near-total shutdown of the U.S. territory’s economy that could last for weeks and has many people running seriously low on cash and worrying that it will become even harder to survive on this storm-ravaged island.

There are long lines at the banks that are open with reduced hours or the scattered ATMs that are operational amid an islandwide power outage and near total loss of telecommunications. Many people are unable to work or run their businesses because diesel to run generators is in short supply or they can’t spend all day waiting for gas to fill their car.

Engineer Octavio Cortes predicts it will only get worse because so many of the problems are inter-connected and cannot be easily resolved.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/hurricane-maria-caused-near-total-shutdown-puerto-rico-economy

[Merlot]

1. Enter the disaster capitalists.

Privitize everything. They've been haning Porto Rico out to dry for years waiting for this moment.

[lark]

2. And drumpf struts and lies while they die.

Puerto Rico is doing well, we are doing great there. Total lies by the big fat lying orange assface to try to cover up his near total negligence and lack of supportive action. We provided more help to Haiti, which wasn't totally destroyed, than we are now giving to Puerto Rico, whose people are American Citizens. It's unbelievably inhuman, and the saddest part is he totally doesn't give a fuck and I'd bet his supporters are about the same.


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