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samnsara

(17,616 posts) Fri Sep 29, 2017, 09:37 AM Sep 2017

does anyone know how the other non- american islands are doing?

...how are the other countries scrambling to assist their ppl?

and HOW LONG can the Governor of PR cont to support Trump while at the same time kinda sorta pleading for help?...but in a way that wont step on trumps toes....

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does anyone know how the other non- american islands are doing? (Original Post) samnsara Sep 2017 OP

They're all in bad shape IronLionZion Sep 2017 #1

IronLionZion

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1. They're all in bad shape

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Fri Sep 29, 2017, 09:58 AM

Sep 2017

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/9/26/16367410/hurricane-maria-2017-puerto-rico-caribbean-barbuda-dominica-virgin-islands-cuba-st-martin

Barbuda is uninhabitable. Lots of people died in several islands.

Some European countries have been helping their islands. The independent countries are in bad shape and unlikely to get much help from the US president because he has other priorities.

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