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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
Tesla makes quick work of Puerto Rico hospital solar power relief project
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/24/tesla-makes-quick-work-of-puerto-ric
o-hospital-solar-power-relief-project/

"Tesla CEO Elon Musk noted on Twitter that Tesla’s solar team could
indeed outfit Puerto Rico with power facilities that could be used
to generate and store power reserves when the existing grid isn’t
available, as it has been after the U.S. territory faced the devastation
of hurricane Maria."


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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
Congress approves $36.5-billion disaster aid for Puerto Rico,
wildfires and hurricane relief
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-pol-essential-washing
ton-updates-congress-approves-36-5-billion-1508860506-htmlstory.html

"Congress gave final passage Tuesday to $36.5 billion in disaster aid
for Puerto Rico and several states impacted by a particularly destructive
hurricane season.

"The package includes $576.5 million to address the devastating wildfires
in California and the West."

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
Hmmm.

So the folks who have a job or some money will repair their own
homes long before the gub'mint sends any relief money.

The folks in poverty will camp out, roughing it.

The olde folks will die unless their relatives can get 'em to
the mainland.

I think I'll ask my friend over there where to donate a bit.


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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Second, the power situation has been going on for years, but it came to a head after the storm hit the island.

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Part of the problem is how FEMA requires Puerto Ricans to apply for disaster aid. Lynch said FEMA workers were asking residents to give them copies of utility bills and bank routing numbers. Then the agency promised to follow up via email or text. But most people don't have electricity or phone service, and their homes and documents may be destroyed.

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
I have a cousin in Bozeman, Montana, rancher, salt of the earth.
Mayhap those MT linemen are even now repairing the lines ...
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while their replacements are taking liquid fortitude for the job,
no hurry, no worry.

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:

Puerto Rico Kills Controversial Whitefish Contract
https://news.google.com/news/video/iAjxBTsUNrU/dw6UgY0NPcffR_Mb8FYXyLJ
KNo9DM?hl=en

OK. So the 2 guys from Whitefish, MT, were to be paid $3M to repair the power
lines in PR. .. But PR has changed its mind.
  I haven't seen any clear details on this story yet.
But most of the power is still out over there.

If this was our PG&E power lines here in my hometown ... PG&E woulda sent
their guys out the next day to fix on 'em. It can't very well be that PR has a
power grid & no one there is responsible to maintain it ... that would make no sense.


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Originally posted by 1kiki:
I post these things not because I necessarily believe they are 'the truth', but because it's more information.

for your consideration:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/puerto-rico-governor-s
ays-contract-to-whitefish-company-should-be-canceled/2017/10/29/e5336cda-bcb8-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html

Puerto Rico’s electric company moved Sunday to cancel a $300 million contract with a small Montana firm for repairs to the territory’s hurricane-ravaged electrical grid, saying controversy surrounding the agreement was distracting from the effort to restore power.

The contract with Whitefish Energy — a firm that had just two employees the day the storm hit — had drawn blistering criticism from members of Congress for days. And on Friday the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has a large role in determining government reimbursements, said it had “significant concerns” about how the contract was secured.

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Originally posted by second:
Whitefish was being paid (not the employees who get, perhaps, 33%, because it's not in the contract) an hourly rate for a site supervisor set at $332 per hour and $227.88 per hour for a "journey lineman" according to a contract seen by CNN. The deal also specifies the estimated cost of nightly accommodation would be $332 per worker and nearly $80 per day for food.

There's also a clause in the deal that bars FEMA, the government of Puerto Rico and the Comptroller General of the U.S. from auditing the cost and profit elements of Whitefish's labor rates. It was an invitation for Whitefish to cheat on billing.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/27/news/economy/puerto-rico-whitefish-mon
tana-deal/index.html

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:

But I'm a bit curious. Isn't it customary for utility companies to "rally" around the crisis center and band together in an "all-hands-on-deck" manner to restore some semblance of normalcy? I always like when cops and firefighters pack up and go help a different state in a time of crisis. Why wasn't it done in this case?

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Shiny, why'd we even put a VA hospital in Puerto Rico?
It is because we have so many veterans there?

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That's a good question Oonj, I suppose that could be the reason. Puerto
Rican men have been serving in the Armed Forces since they became U.S.
citizens, I believe it was 1917, just in time for WWI. I'll look into it
and see what I could find.

I hope your friend is alright.
SGG

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
Moving this from the "Mueller, Trump and the case for Obstruction of Justice" thread.

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Shiny, why'd we even put a VA hospital in Puerto Rico?
It is because we have so many veterans there?

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That's a good question Oonj, I suppose that could be the reason. Puerto
Rican men have been serving in the Armed Forces since they became U.S.
citizens, I believe it was 1917, just in time for WWI. I'll look into it
and see what I could find.

I hope your friend is alright.
SGG

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Last I heard, about a week ago; he was fine & his kitty too.
He's like a lot of folks we know; a good egg, but never had the "douf"
to work steady. His gf finally got tired of his recreational expenses.
So she helped him move to Nicaragua (I assume pot is more affordable
there). That was fine until his health began deteriorate. That's when
he moved to PR for the VA hospital.

My thought is, we might have a lot of Vets, originally mainlanders,
who now live in PR 'cause it's cheap & has a VA hospital.

My 1st glance at PR stats, over a month ago, showed that they're in
way over their heads in debt. My advice is they should open a couple
of casinos & generally improve their tourist trade.
  ... What can they offer that Florida doesn't have more of?


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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
You're fucking with me aren't you?

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:

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You're fucking with me aren't you?

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My 1st glance at PR stats, over a month ago, showed that they're in
way over their heads in debt. My advice is they should open a couple
of casinos & generally improve their tourist trade.
  ... What can they offer that Florida doesn't have more of?

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
You're fucking with me aren't you?

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
      No. ... nevermind.

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
      No. ... nevermind.

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Here's an article that gives some of the sordid details of the Puerto Rico's debt:

http://www.businessinsider.com/puerto-rico-debt-2017-10

If you care to know.


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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Here's an article that gives some of the sordid details of the Puerto Rico's debt:

http://www.businessinsider.com/puerto-rico-debt-2017-10

If you care to know.


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This other article has graphs clearly showing a 1996 tax law change in Washington DC ("Section 936") caused an economic collapse in Puerto Rico.
www.cnbc.com/2017/09/26/heres-how-an-obscure-tax-change-sank-puerto-ri
cos-economy.html

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Fucking Government Pricks, oh and Trump.........

Death Toll on the Island Cover-up, as usual...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/videos/report-hurricane-maria-death-to
ll-in-puerto-rico-is-far-higher-than-reported/vp-BBGqRNA

I saw an interview of recent island evacuees that spoke of this; they said that many have not been reported due to the lack of communication throughout the island. Makes sense.


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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Fucking Government Pricks, oh and Trump.........

Death Toll on the Island Cover-up, as usual...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/videos/report-hurricane-maria-death-to
ll-in-puerto-rico-is-far-higher-than-reported/vp-BBGqRNA

I saw an interview of recent island evacuees that spoke of this; they said that many have not been reported due to the lack of communication throughout the island. Makes sense.


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So.... not a cover up then?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Banks and Wall Street looking to foreclose on devastated island...

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/business/puerto-rico-housing-foreclo
sures.html

Yep, just like Snydely Whiplash as he curls his black mustache.

Brilliant!


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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Fucking Government Pricks, oh and Trump.........

Death Toll on the Island Cover-up, as usual...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/videos/report-hurricane-maria-death-to
ll-in-puerto-rico-is-far-higher-than-reported/vp-BBGqRNA

I saw an interview of recent island evacuees that spoke of this; they said that many have not been reported due to the lack of communication throughout the island. Makes sense.


SGG

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So.... not a cover up then?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Banks and Wall Street looking to foreclose on devastated island...

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/business/puerto-rico-housing-foreclo
sures.html

Yep, just like Snydely Whiplash as he curls his black mustache.

Brilliant!


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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Fucking Government Pricks, oh and Trump.........

Death Toll on the Island Cover-up, as usual...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/videos/report-hurricane-maria-death-to
ll-in-puerto-rico-is-far-higher-than-reported/vp-BBGqRNA

I saw an interview of recent island evacuees that spoke of this; they said that many have not been reported due to the lack of communication throughout the island. Makes sense.


SGG

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So.... not a cover up then?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY: (September 27, 2017)
Governor Cuomo did a flyover in a helicopter, and where's Trump?...he's at home washing his toupee.SGG

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