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I've seen steady reporting about Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria but it's been exactly that -- "about Puerto Rico" rather than "from Puerto Rico". Everybody s

by curtis 9y ago

I've seen steady reporting about Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria but it's been exactly that -- "about Puerto Rico" rather than "from Puerto Rico". Everybody seems to think it's bad, but it's really hard to say how bad. I think the major contributing factor to how the situation is being reported is that most of the cell towers (90%?) are out of action, and presumably land lines have also been seriously affected.

maxerickson 9y ago
CNN is doing live shots every hour. Hard to say how much of the island they are covering, they are there.
- curtis 9y ago
  It's also been nearly a week. In all fairness though, it seems like the airports are either shut down or operating at greatly reduced capacity, so it's hard for reporters to get in.
  - MBCook 9y ago
    I saw an article earlier today about how hard it’s going to be to rebuild the electric grid (effectively REPLACE it because it’s 80% gone) that said that for at least a while the airport didn’t have radar and flights had to be confirmed for landing before they could even take off which was adding a massive delay to any attempt to get to the island.
    - Caveman_Coder 9y ago
      > "how hard it’s going to be to rebuild the electric grid..." - ~80% of transmission lines are down - >90% of distribution lines are down - Fuel for their generation plants is desperately needed and needs to be shipped in on a regular basis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Electric_Power_Authority#Power_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Electric_Power_Aut...) Basically, from an electrical-grid-restoration perspective ("Blackstart"), its a nightmare.
  - justin66 9y ago
    The military isn't giving up seats on military flights to members of Congress today because they need the space for vital supplies and personnel, which is one measure of how hard it is to get into PR right now.
    - curtis 9y ago
      At this point I wonder if it would make more sense to fly into the Dominican Republic and then take a boat.
      - JakeKalstad 9y ago
        I just got out of PR Tuesday. I tried to get a ferry to DR to do this exact thing in reverse to get into the mainland and was informed the ferries are all out of service.
  - nyxtom 9y ago
    Many people have been sleeping in the airport. On the floor. For days.
joezydeco 9y ago
Imagine a city the size of San Diego without power for five days straight, and no immediate prospects for repair. https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/912342036975669254/ https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/912342036975669254...
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by curtis 9y ago

maxerickson 9y ago

CNN is doing live shots every hour. Hard to say how much of the island they are covering, they are there.

curtis 9y ago
It's also been nearly a week. In all fairness though, it seems like the airports are either shut down or operating at greatly reduced capacity, so it's hard for reporters to get in.
- MBCook 9y ago
  I saw an article earlier today about how hard it’s going to be to rebuild the electric grid (effectively REPLACE it because it’s 80% gone) that said that for at least a while the airport didn’t have radar and flights had to be confirmed for landing before they could even take off which was adding a massive delay to any attempt to get to the island.
  - Caveman_Coder 9y ago
    > "how hard it’s going to be to rebuild the electric grid..." - ~80% of transmission lines are down - >90% of distribution lines are down - Fuel for their generation plants is desperately needed and needs to be shipped in on a regular basis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Electric_Power_Authority#Power_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Electric_Power_Aut...) Basically, from an electrical-grid-restoration perspective ("Blackstart"), its a nightmare.
- justin66 9y ago
  The military isn't giving up seats on military flights to members of Congress today because they need the space for vital supplies and personnel, which is one measure of how hard it is to get into PR right now.
  - curtis 9y ago
    At this point I wonder if it would make more sense to fly into the Dominican Republic and then take a boat.
    - JakeKalstad 9y ago
      I just got out of PR Tuesday. I tried to get a ferry to DR to do this exact thing in reverse to get into the mainland and was informed the ferries are all out of service.
- nyxtom 9y ago
  Many people have been sleeping in the airport. On the floor. For days.

joezydeco 9y ago

Imagine a city the size of San Diego without power for five days straight, and no immediate prospects for repair. https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/912342036975669254/ https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/912342036975669254...

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