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Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic
Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic The next several months could bring hurricanes, floods and fire, on top of the pandemic currently raging through the country. How do you shelter in place during an evacuation? SERIES: CORONAVIRUS Is the United States Prepared for COVID-19? ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. […]
A Local Food Revolution in Puerto Rico
A Local Food Revolution in Puerto Rico A year has passed since Hurricane Maria first made landfall in Puerto Rico, destroying homes, roads, and vehicles in its path—and taking thousands of lives. The island languished for months as an insufficient emergency response campaign attempted to restore basic services like water and power. After a recent […]
Disaster collectivism: How communities rise together to respond to crises
Disaster collectivism: How communities rise together to respond to crises When Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017, Judith Rodriguez was asleep in her home. Or rather, she was trying to sleep, but the sounds of the deadly storm blowing over the island woke her up. “That whistle was the ugliest I’ve […]
Puerto Rico: Hurricane destroyed wind, solar. Plus five months on, 15% still blacked out.
Puerto Rico: Hurricane destroyed wind, solar. Plus five months on, 15% still blacked out. In South Australia, when the lights went out, Olympic Dam took two entire weeks to get operational again. Spare a thought for those in Puerto Rico. Right now, five months later, and one in 6 still don’t have electricity. That’s five […]
How Puerto Rico Could Turn Disaster into a Decentralized Paradise
How Puerto Rico Could Turn Disaster into a Decentralized Paradise Could the massive failure of the Puerto Rican government-run energy grid be a blessing in disguise? It has the potential to set Puerto Rico on a course of self-sufficiency and individual empowerment for decades to come. Many Puerto Ricans are still without power from the […]
VIDEO: What Everyday Life Is Like in Puerto Rico Now
VIDEO: What Everyday Life Is Like in Puerto Rico Now In Puerto Rico, everything has changed since Hurricane Maria struck nearly 3 months ago. Many people have no running water. And if they do, it can’t be consumed without boiling. There’s no electricity in many regions. Supplies are scarce. I’ve written about the SHTF aftermath […]
The Ongoing Misery of Puerto Rico
The Ongoing Misery of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria, which hit the U.S. territory on Sept. 20, remains slow and spotty with continued power outages, unsafe water and school closings, reports Dennis J Bernstein. It’s been nearly seven weeks since Hurricane Maria shredded the island of Puerto Rico and, still, conditions for […]
Museletter #305: Puerto Rico is our Future
Museletter #305: Puerto Rico is our Future Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 93KB) My hometown of Santa Rosa, California, and surrounding communities were decimated by wildfires during the week of October 9, with entire neighborhoods completely erased. If you want a sense of how bad the fires were, watch this 11-minute video clip put […]
Hurricane Ravaged Dominica: ‘It’s All Gone’ And Fighting For Survival
Hurricane Ravaged Dominica: ‘It’s All Gone’ And Fighting For Survival In just the blink of an eye, island life on Dominica was turned upside down. Like Puerto Rico, Dominica was violently ravaged by Hurricane Maria, and residents are still fighting for survival. The wooden frames and scattered, water-damaged belongings are all that remains of some homes […]
Number Of Puerto Rico Residents Without Clean Water And Electricity Keeps Rising
Number Of Puerto Rico Residents Without Clean Water And Electricity Keeps Rising A lone car provides the only source of light in the devastated Puerto Rico city of Utuado. In the wake of Hurricane Maria’s wrath, Puerto Rico remains devastated. Newest reports from the island territory now show that the number of residents without clean […]
Puerto Rico is on Track for Historic Debt Forgiveness–Unless Wall Street Gets Its Way
Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images PUERTO RICO IS ON TRACK FOR HISTORIC DEBT FORGIVENESS — UNLESS WALL STREET GETS ITS WAY FOR BONDHOLDERS SITTING on Puerto Rican debt, Hurricane Maria may have come just when they needed it, just as a yearslong battle over the fate of the island’s financial future was beginning to turn against […]
In Maria’s Wake, Could Puerto Rico Go Totally Green?
In Maria’s Wake, Could Puerto Rico Go Totally Green? The ecological and humanitarian destruction of Puerto Rico has left the world aghast. But there is a hopeful green-powered opportunity in this disaster that could vastly improve the island’s future while offering the world a critical showcase for a sane energy future. By all accounts Hurricane […]
Puerto Rico: When the electricity stops
Puerto Rico: When the electricity stops When the electricity stops in modern civilization, pretty much everything else stops. Not even gasoline-powered vehicles can get far before they are obliged to seek a fill-up—which they cannot get because gas pumps rely on electricity to operate. When I wrote “The storms are only going to get worse” […]
“What Are We Going To Do?” Puerto Rico In Chaos As Cash Runs Out
“What Are We Going To Do?” Puerto Rico In Chaos As Cash Runs Out Most Puerto Ricans haven’t had access to electricity, cell service or financial services for nearly two weeks now. And as we reported yesterday, residents who didn’t stockpile enough cash have been struggling after Hurricane Maria essentially knocked the island’s economy into […]
Dramatic “Before And After” Photos Show Puerto Rico’s Plunge Into Darkness
Dramatic “Before And After” Photos Show Puerto Rico’s Plunge Into Darkness It’s been a week since Hurricane Maria made landfall in eastern Puerto Rico, and hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans living in remote villages remain cut off from the world, after the storm trashed power grids, tore up roads, downed cell towers and caused […]
