Puerto Rico remains in the news-the central mountainous area remains without power. It makes daily living harder and there is hot weather too to contend with.
This is life in Puerto Rico more than three months after Maria destroyed the island’s electrical grid. Gov. Ricardo Rossello promised in mid-October to restore 95 per cent of electricity delivery by Dec. 15, but normality remains far off. Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority says its system is generating at 70 per cent of normal but it has no way of knowing how widely electricity is being distributed because the system that measures that isn’t working.
A study conducted Dec. 11 by a group of local engineers estimated roughly 50 per cent of the island’s 3.3 million people remained without power. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has said it likely won’t be until May that all of Puerto Rico is electrified.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/12/25/dark-desperate-life-without-power-in-puerto-rico.htmlI happened to notice that a syndicated columnist offered charity suggestions for holiday giving and it so
happens about two to three organizations do work in Puerto Rico:
http://torontosun.com/life/relationships/ask-amy-celebrate-the-giving-season-by-donatingAnother factor contributing to hard times in Puerto Rico-there are many police officers protesting unpaid overtime after that last Hurricane. The issue is that Puerto Rico has to apply for funding through an entity to get paid for that time before paying the officers. So islanders are not impressed with the lack of police presence.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/12/27/thousands-of-puerto-rico-police-officers-calling-in-sick-over-unpaid-overtime.html