Biden vows US won't walk away from storm-struck Puerto Rico
Source: AP
By DÁNICA COTO
SAN SALVADOR, Puerto Rico (AP) President Joe Biden said Thursday the full force of the federal government is ready to help Puerto Rico recover from the devastation of Hurricane Fiona even as Bermuda and Canadas Atlantic provinces were preparing for a major blast from the Category 4 storm.
Speaking at a briefing with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials in New York, Biden said, Were all in this together.
Biden noted that hundreds of FEMA and other federal officials are already on the ground in Puerto Rico, where Fiona caused an island-wide blackout.
More than 60% of power customers remained without energy on Thursday, and a third of customers were without water and local officials admitted they could not say when service would be fully restored.
President Joe Biden speaks about Hurricane Fiona during a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 2 office in New York, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Evolve Dammit
(16,694 posts)onetexan
(13,019 posts)and we gain 4 more senators. Oh and add Guam while we're at it
Evolve Dammit
(16,694 posts)former9thward
(31,925 posts)They should be given their independence.
Evolve Dammit
(16,694 posts)former9thward
(31,925 posts)"Most" have never wanted to become a state. The last advisory vote that was taken pro-independence forces urged a boycott and most people did. In the past votes have sometimes been against statehood and sometimes for its current status. Whats a big issue? The income tax. People in PR don't pay federal income taxes and don't want to.
Evolve Dammit
(16,694 posts)former9thward
(31,925 posts)I do not feel in the year 2022 we should have "territories" which are really colonies.
durablend
(7,455 posts)Initech
(100,028 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,867 posts)Bayard
(21,992 posts)Being all presidential, and all.
I have a question about Puerto Rico. Since they seem to lose power regularly, it makes sense to me for them to go solar. Why is that a problem?
former9thward
(31,925 posts)And the reason PR loses power is hurricanes. Solar panels would be ripped away and fly around in hurricane winds like kites, except more deadly.
Bayard
(21,992 posts)But, yeah--good point about flying panels.
EndlessWire
(6,450 posts)maybe they could bury the lines. I don't know how problematical that would be, but maybe a good project.
sakabatou
(42,134 posts)RussBLib
(9,002 posts)Fix their fucking power grid already.