The [Current Year] General Political/Salma Hayek discussion thread, part 4!!!

[actaeon277]

Okay. I had this in the "Are you kidding me" thread.
But that's in the break room. My mistake.
So I'm copying it here.
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https://nypost.com/2018/09/12/massiv...n=site+buttons
Massive stockpile of bottled water found in Puerto Rico a year after Maria


Wasn't sure where to put this.
I think earlier, it was posted there were huge amounts of food found. Now a buttload of water.

So, all the people that were complaining about the "response" to the hurricane that went through Puerto Rico..
Looks like there was a great response.
But it looks like the local governments dropped the ball.
The same one that had the shirts printed up for photo ops.

 

[Alpo]

Big whup. A million bottles of water is about 1/2 days worth for 1/3 of the island's residents.

I suppose the number impresses some.

 

[actaeon277]

Big whup. A million bottles of water is about 1/2 days worth for 1/3 of the island's residents.

I suppose the number impresses some.

It impresses me that the people screaming about "no supplies" did in fact "have supplies".
You'd think their being so "short" on the supplies, it would be easier to distribute said supplies.

 

[actaeon277]

And, 1/2 day for 1/3 of the population, would be..

5 days for 1/30th of the population.

Yes, that is an impressive amount.

 

[Alpo]

No it's not, amigo.

Set engine thrust to reverse and back down.

 

[EMDX6043]

Okay. I had this in the "Are you kidding me" thread.
But that's in the break room. My mistake.
So I'm copying it here.
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https://nypost.com/2018/09/12/massiv...n=site+buttons
Massive stockpile of bottled water found in Puerto Rico a year after Maria


Wasn't sure where to put this.
I think earlier, it was posted there were huge amounts of food found. Now a buttload of water.

So, all the people that were complaining about the "response" to the hurricane that went through Puerto Rico..
Looks like there was a great response.
But it looks like the local governments dropped the ball.
The same one that had the shirts printed up for photo ops.

Par for the course?

https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/...cted-conversion-federal-funds-fraud-and-money

 

[actaeon277]

Par for the course?

https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/...cted-conversion-federal-funds-fraud-and-money

And, if they're still finding stuff, how much more was "lost"?

 

[Route 45]

No it's not, amigo.

Set engine thrust to reverse and back down.

Yes, it is. Not all 3,000,000+ people on the island needed bottled water.
I have relatives in Puerto Rico who had running water 2 days after the hurricane.

 

[Alpo]

In your case, water on a runway is no big deal then.

If you want a dog in this fight, please provide information on all those folks in PR who died from dehydration after this water was delivered.

 

[Spear Dane]

Population: 3.337 million (2017) One million bottles is a significant amount for 3.3 Million people.

 

[Route 45]

In your case, water on a runway is no big deal then.

If you want a dog in this fight, please provide information on all those folks in PR who died from dehydration after this water was delivered.

Yeah, I certainly have much less of a "dog in the fight" ( LOL) than you do, seeing as how I have family there.

Countering the nonsense of someone who thinks that a million bottles of water is insignificant in a natural disaster scenario does not seem to be a good use of my time.

 

[AtTheMurph]

And, if they're still finding stuff, how much more was "lost"?

The only stuff that was "lost" was the stuff that hasn't already been resold for profit. Even criminals have logistical problems.

 

[Alpo]

Yeah, I certainly have much less of a "dog in the fight" ( LOL) than you do, seeing as how I have family there.

Countering the nonsense of someone who thinks that a million bottles of water is insignificant in a natural disaster scenario does not seem to be a good use of my time.

You already said your family had water within 2 days. I spent more than a year in Puerto Rico between military service and our plant in Ponce. Who knows how much DNA I left on that island.

 

[mmpsteve]

TMI ?

You already said your family had water within 2 days. I spent more than a year in Puerto Rico between military service and our plant in Ponce. Who knows how much DNA I left on that island.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Just checking in here, break room is too intense

 

[actaeon277]

Just checking in here, break room is too intense

 

[Alpo]

 

[T.Lex]

Alpo - wrong thread.

 

[Alpo]

This ain't the Salma Hayek thread?

Did someone make it the Whinging About Unneeded Water Thread and I didn't get the memo?

 

[ghitch75]

water?....what water????...

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