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Lurks Often

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1. Probably because most of the water treatment plants are still without power

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Mon Oct 16, 2017, 06:35 PM

Oct 2017

Last edited Tue Oct 17, 2017, 07:04 AM - Edit history (2)

and while US Navy ships can produce freshwater and the US Army & Marines have water purification units* I strongly doubt they can produce enough freshwater for the entire island.

For Texas & Florida, assistance from surrounding states is only hours or at most a few days away by truck. Obviously that isn't an option for Puerto Rico or the US Virgin Islands.

On edit: US Army & Marines water purification units are probably part of the National Guard and Reserve units, there isn't much a need most of the time for these units, so they and their equipment would have to be flown or shipped in like everything else.

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Probably because most of the water treatment plants are still without power Lurks Often Oct 2017 #1