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Yeah, people don’t really know. As far as most seem to take it is knowing the fact, “Puerto Rico is a territory, not its own country”. People on the mainland kn
by glibgil 9y ago
Yeah, people don’t really know. As far as most seem to take it is knowing the fact, “Puerto Rico is a territory, not its own country”. People on the mainland know that, but not what it means for PR.
People don’t know how the Jones Act effects PR (and Hawaii and Alaska). People don’t know the gaps in representation and resources that PR’s status creates.
Mention “PR” and coworkers are more likely to think “Pull Request”. Puerto Rico is just not on anyone’s radar unless you are from there or vacation there.
- Animats 9y agoThe Jones Act thing is a non-issue. Crowley Marine had 10,000 containers of relief supplies in the Port of San Juan by yesterday. Sealift isn't the bottleneck. The containers aren't leaving the port fast. The bottleneck is trucks, Diesel, drivers (only 20% have reported in, and with cell phone service down, can't be called), and roads. Especially roads. It's not just roads being blocked by debris. Many are washed out. Bridges, too. Unlike Houston and Florida, Puerto Rico is mountainous. Just getting access to the interior of the island is tough. This may result in San Juan returning to close to normal while people are still dying in the hinterlands.
- glibgil 9y agoThe Jones Act favors one large port in San Juan. If it wasn’t for that there would be well developed ports on the north and west sides of PR. Distribution in a catastrophe would depend less on the long road routes from east to west