[196012] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mikael Abrahamsson)
Thu Sep 28 04:42:51 2017
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Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:36:58 +0200 (CEST)
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
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Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2017, Sean Donelan wrote:
> Things are better and worse in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands.
> Help is needed, but anyone wanting to help in the field, be certain you
> understand what you would be doing, and whether you are actually helping
> or hindering on the ground efforts.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/9/26/16365994/hurricane-maria-2017-puerto-rico-san-juan-humanitarian-disaster-electricty-fuel-flights-facts
This seems to indicate that it will be 4-6 months until things get back to
normal, if there indeed is a huge effort to do so.
"But as first responders on the ground in Puerto Rico told Fernández
Campbell, this isn’t enough. Trump should also ask Congress to pass a
relief package for Puerto Rico to give FEMA and the island more money to
rebuild. He could deploy more military resources to help with search and
rescue operations."
I hope this happens.
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
