this is fantastic now children in Puerto Rico wont be able to receive the education they deserve thanks to their messed up government
Its even worse than that. I’m living through it. Not only are schools closing, hospitals are collapsing. Only around 9% of the island has electricity and it comes and goes at times.
People are dying in hospitals because of lack of diesel for the generators, a lot of the water is now infected, there are disease outbreaks and scareceness of food. I am safe, but many are not.
Some have water, others don’t. We need help. Sending money would be helpful but what would help even more would be sending water filters, filtering water bottles, food, medicine, if somehow possible diesel.
All of you reblogging this news helps, but what we need is physical help. If you can’t, then spread the word, but God if you can send supplies… Please… PLEASE do. We are dying. Help us, help us save ourselves. Help us save our people. Help us save out ISLAND.
If you’re not in a position to ship or transport useful items to the island (which is sure as heck the case for me in New Zealand) then the best thing you can do is give money to a reputable relief organisation operating in the area.
Just heard that puerto rico is so much worse than what i’ve seen on the news.
you know how trees are good and provide fresh air and shade? And how it gets really hot in the tropics?
Maria destroyed like 80% of the trees in Puerto Rico, leaving them leafless. some got uprooted
also, you know how mosquitos can carry diseases and they reproduce by laying eggs in stagnant water?
turns out there are tons upon tons of bodies of stagnant water in PR sooooooo that means more mosquitos more diseases, like dengue basically, a fucking plague.
AND theres still no running water and no electricity for most.
And there is no food, no water, and barely cell phone reception. Schools, houses, and tons of infrastructure are totally destroyed.
Babies and everyone in the ICU have died, people in their houses are dying and their families have to dig graves in their backyards because the streets are so damage they cannot leave their houses. Is so bad to the point hospitals are closing because the morgues are so full people can’t stand the smell. (But, hey, our governor said there are only 16 deaths!)
Today is day 17th and there is so little improvement and people are very hungry!
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