casino cruise ship called Jacks or Better<\/a> docked in nearby Galveston Bay got back to the water.<\/p>\nIn a social media post, Jacks or Better told guests, “Most people just want to getaway [sic] for a little bit. We would like to offer some level or normalcy during this tough time.”<\/p>\n
Trump Threatens to Stop Aid<\/b><\/h2>\n
Much of Puerto Rico’s infrastructure was in need of desperate repair long before Maria struck.<\/p>\n
The territory was $73 billion in debt, which resulted in infrastructure improvement projects being shelved. The state power company was forced to abandon almost all maintenance to its grids in recent years, further exasperating the hurricane’s devastation.<\/p>\n
President Trump doesn’t think the federal government should be on the hook to fund Puerto Rico’s recovery.<\/p>\n
“Electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes,” Trump tweeted this week. “We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in PR forever!”<\/p>\n
The last few months have been a most trying time for the United States. Three hurricanes have caused widespread damage from the Caribbean Islands to Florida to Texas. And then on the first of this month, a Las Vegas gunman caused the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Almost 90 percent of Puerto Rico remained without power this week, more than three full weeks since Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm and the 10th-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, struck the US territory. Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico on September 20. The powerful cyclonic storm caused catastrophic damage, and resulted in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":60736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,21,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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