Puerto Rico emergency director resigns; US military effort winds down

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Source: CNN




Story highlights

Puerto Rico's emergency management director's resignation is effective Saturday
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, appointed to lead military relief efforts, leaves island next week

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The governor also announced that Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, whom the Pentagon appointed to lead all military relief efforts, will be reassigned outside the island next week.

Puerto Rico's power authority says electricity generation stands at about 44%, but it's not clear how many homes and businesses that power is reaching. And it's uncertain how many of the US territory's roughly 3.4 million citizens remain without power as they struggle through Maria's aftermath.
A massive power outage also struck the capital of San Juan on Thursday after a major north-south transmission line failed, according to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, known as PREPA.............................

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Why does the military have to leave? The work has barely begun!

[BigmanPigman]

1. This is a never ending disaster for the citizens of PR.

The Moron fucked it up from the start and it continues. What BS!

[sandensea]

2. Trump and his gangsters have decided to let Puerto Rico collapse,

in order to swoop in next year and buy prime real estate at fire-sale prices.

Lt. Gen. Buchanan doesn't want to take the fall. He probably hates this White House for this.

[pangaia]

8. BINGO BINGO BINGO!!

Disaster Capitalism at its finest.

Naomi Klein


In fact the entire US of A is intended to be the victim of Disaster Capitalism..

[WinstonSmith4740]

3. Things that make you go hm-m-m.

A guy I dance with at one of our local country places here in Vegas is a civil engineer in the Air Force. At the beginning of the month he told me he wouldn't be in for a couple of months because he was being sent to Puerto Rico. I told him I thought that was awesome and it was about damn time. Then I saw him a few days later, and expressed surprise he was there. He told me they put him off for 3 days and then finally cancelled it altogether...said he had no idea why. Then, just this past week he told me he was being sent to (wait for it) Houston. I guess Trump doesn't have any big donors in Puerto Rico.

[SharonAnn]

9. He doesn't have any voters in PUerto Rico. They can't vote for President.

[WinstonSmith4740]

10. Yes, I know.

I guess I should have added the "sarcasm" emoji.

[yuiyoshida]

4. Seems like Trump still doesn't believe PR is apart of the United States....

I bet he feels that way about Hawaii too... and Alaska... We have a Moron as a President.

[Cold War Spook]

5. Don't know if this means anything,

but my son who put his house up for sale 3 days ago near Saint Augustine has had 4 couples look at his house that are Puerto Ricans and are moving off the island.

[Madam45for2923]

6. Not good! Their job is not done. For more info follow David Begnaud who is in the island.

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud

[Igel]

7. Because much of the work isn't their assignment.

It's PREPA's, it's FEMA's, it's somebody else's. They're not going anywhere.

[briv1016]

11. Donald's always trying to one up Obama. I guess now he's trying to one up Bush.