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FEMA contract with charities to provide Puerto Ricans food expires as hunger sets in

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Jackpot

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Finally some stats on the island's status:

  • FEMA response is providing 1 meal a day to 10% of those who need it (57% of the population)
  • 36% of people without clean drinking water
  • 84% of people still without electricity
  • 92% of roads are closed
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/11/puerto-rico-food-shortage-hurricane-maria

Federal officials privately admit there is a massive shortage of meals in Puerto Rico three weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

Officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) say that the government and its partners are only providing 200,000 meals a day to meet the needs of more than 2 million people. That is a daily shortfall of between 1.8m and 5.8m meals each day.

The scale of the food crisis dwarfs the more widely publicized challenges of restoring power and communications. More than a third of Puerto Ricans are still struggling to live without drinking water.
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Now the biggest provider of cooked meals says Fema is putting its operations at risk of closure.

World Central Kitchen, founded by chef José Andrés, cooks and distributes 90,000 meals a day through a network of local chefs and kitchens.

Its Fema contract, to provide just 20,000 meals a day, ended on Tuesday. Fema insists it is bound by federal rules that mean it will take several weeks for a new contract to emerge to feed more Americans.

”There is no urgency in the government response to this humanitarian crisis," Andrés said. ”They have all the officials and armed guards at headquarters, but they have no information about the island. They don't even have a map they can share about who needs food. Fema is over-paying and it is under-delivering."
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Conditions on Puerto Rico remain dire; just 16% of islanders having access to electricity. While commercial flights have resumed, and most gas stations have re-opened, much of the island's economy remains at a standstill. Less than 400 miles of the island's 5,000 miles of road are open to traffic.
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Meanwhile the head of FEMA blamed Puerto Rico politicians for the delay in aid for not getting involved:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...s-puerto-rican-politics-slowed-storm-response

Head of FEMA Says Puerto Rican Politics Slowed Storm Response
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The Trump administration's emergency management director said political infighting in Puerto Rico has slowed the pace of recovery from Hurricane Maria.

"Politics between Republicans and Democrats is bad enough -- but in Puerto Rico, politics is even worse," Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said at a briefing with reporters Monday in Washington. "When you can't get elected officials at the local level to come to a joint field office because they disagree with the politics of the governor that's there, it makes things difficult."
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While Long didn't mention any particular officials by name, he has previously criticized the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz, as insufficiently involved in the effort. Cruz and President Donald Trump have been at odds since a week after the hurricane, with the mayor accusing Trump of not doing enough to save lives.
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After acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke called the federal government's response to Maria "a good-news story," Cruz responded: "If anybody out there is listening to us, we are dying and you are killing us with the inefficiency and the bureaucracy."
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and that's after he publicly said ”We filtered out the mayor a long time ago".
 
K

Kensation

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N

Nokterian

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Awful just awful, trump is on verge that a genocide is coming in puerto rico, he doesn't give a damn about fellow americans. FEMA director is also a fucking cunt.
 
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Shadybiz

Member
The inefficiency and lack of caring is fucking astounding. The new contract should have been ready to go as soon as the old one ran out...because that's how contract extensions are supposed to fucking work.
 
A

Apharmd

Member
This is horrible. What the hell is being done with my tax dollars to help them? Pence's political stunt could've fed thousands instead.
 
B

Byakuya769

Member
Jose Andres, huh? That contract might not get renewed sine Jose said "fuck no" to his contract to have a restaurant at the Trump hotel due to Trump's politics.
 
W

wenis

Registered for GAF on September 11, 2001.
What are some active charities working towards feeding the people of Puerto Rico?
 
C

Chumly

Member
How the fuck are Puerto Rican's "slowing" the aid. They are fucking FEMA. Get the aid to the god dam citizens
 
A

Akuun

Looking for meaning in GAF
People are going to starve to death, and the government keeps on going "hurrrrr durrrrrrrr you're mean to me for saying that I fucking suck at my jerb so I'm going to let people die".

Fuck.

What can the average person do if they want to help? Are there non-corrupt places to donate to?
 
PJV3

PJV3

Member
I'm sorry to see the US end up like this, hopefully those floating voters learn from this and never take a functional government for granted again.
 
K

kess

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A fucking first world country is on the verge of famine. Don't mince words, this is a crime against humanity.
 
M

mnannola

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No one that belongs to the USA should be starving, let alone a million+. This is a problem that can be fixed if we just throw enough money and man power at it. Bring in the troops. Hire a shit ton of chefs and bring in food. WTF.
 
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TheOMan

Tagged as I see fit
mnannola said:
No one that belongs to the USA should be starving, let alone a million+. This is a problem that can be fixed if we just throw enough money and man power at it. Bring in the troops. Hire a shit ton of chefs and bring in food. WTF.
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Yeah, but Puerto Rico owes Trump money. So...yeah.
 
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Huddy

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Trumps got them covered guys.

Looking in from the outside it's really hard to comprehend what is going on with the US at the moment. Trump is obvious but do the Republican party not give a flying fuck or what?
 
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moltonasty

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Huddy said:
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Trumps got them covered guys.

Looking in from the outside it's really hard to comprehend what is going on with the US at the moment. Trump is obvious but do the Republican party not give a flying fuck or what?
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Not only the Republican Party but there are American citizens living in the US who agree with his rhetoric and don’t even see the problem with his reaction to this disaster. They are more concerned with NFL players protesting and have already forgotten about PR. The disgusting comments from Trump supporters thrown at the Mayor of San Juan attacking her for requesting help speaks volumes.
 
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Jackpot

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Trump Twattery said:
"Puerto Rico survived the Hurricanes, now a financial crisis looms largely of their own making." says Sharyl Attkisson. A total lack of accountability say the Governor. Electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes. Congress to decide how much to spend. We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/918428456869916672
 
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HotHamBoy

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moltonasty said:
Not only the Republican Party but there are American citizens living in the US who agree with his rhetoric and don’t even see the problem with his reaction to this disaster. They are more concerned with NFL players protesting and have already forgotten about PR. The disgusting comments from Trump supporters thrown at the Mayor of San Juan attacking her for requesting help speaks volumes.
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I had to explain to my mom, who didn't even vote for Trump and thinks he's awful, how and why PR were actual American citizens and why they are just as worthy of the same efforts as the mainland.

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She's not a bad person, she's not a stupid person. She's just ignorant and that's basically most of us.
 
SaviourMK2

SaviourMK2

Member
Jesus Christ, anything.
Muller investigation.
25th Amendment
Congressional Impeachment
Quitting on his own.
Natural causes due to his low IQ and love of fast food.
Kathy Griffin going feral mode.

Jesus christ, if you're out there do something already.

Love, the Atheist
 
Entroyp

Entroyp

Member
moltonasty said:
Not only the Republican Party but there are American citizens living in the US who agree with his rhetoric and don’t even see the problem with his reaction to this disaster. They are more concerned with NFL players protesting and have already forgotten about PR. The disgusting comments from Trump supporters thrown at the Mayor of San Juan attacking her for requesting help speaks volumes.
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This is true, people at work call puerto ricans a bunch of whiners.. and they want the NFL thing to stop asap, just kneel on the locker rooms. I’m amazed at the lack of empathy for other human beings.
 
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