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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 12:00 PM Oct 2017

FEMA removes statistics about drinking water access and electricity in Puerto Rico from website..

I guess this would dispute Dolt45 self-congratulatory response on what a good job they did in PR
When in reality it has been an absolute disaster..


As of Wednesday, half of Puerto Ricans had access to drinking water and 5 percent of the island had electricity, according to statistics published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on its Web page documenting the federal response to Hurricane Maria.

By Thursday morning, both of those key metrics were no longer on the Web page.
FEMA spokesman William Booher noted that both measures are still being reported on a website maintained by the office of Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, www.status.pr. According to that website, which is in Spanish, 9.2 percent of the island now has power and 54.2 percent of residents have access to drinking water. Booher said that these measures are also shared in news conferences and media calls that happen twice a day, but he didn't elaborate on why they are no longer on the main FEMA page.

“Our mission is to support the governor and his response priorities through the unified command structure to help Puerto Ricans recover and return to routines. Information on the stats you are specifically looking for are readily available” on the website maintained by the governor's office, Booher said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/05/fema-removes-statistics-about-drinking-water-access-and-electricity-in-puerto-rico-from-website/?utm_term=.08739d0e3338

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FEMA removes statistics about drinking water access and electricity in Puerto Rico from website.. (Original Post) HipChick Oct 2017 OP
It seemed to me they didn't update the death toll until after DTs visit either. bettyellen Oct 2017 #1
Evil chicken shits. DK504 Oct 2017 #2
 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
1. It seemed to me they didn't update the death toll until after DTs visit either.
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 01:01 PM
Oct 2017

Didn't it more than double hours after he left? It hasn't been updated in many days- not a coincidence.

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