Geraldo: Hurricanes Hitting Puerto Rico a ‘Calamity of Historic Dimensions’

Relief is on the ░░░░░░░░ supplies and aid will ░░░░░░░░ in Puerto RICO soon ░░░░░░░░ now heading to shore ░░░░░░░░ the island just battered ░░░░░░░░ back to back hurricanes ░░░░░░░░ President Trump also sending ░░░░░░░░ additional National Guard troops ░░░░░░░░ weekend bringing the total ░░░░░░░░ 6 000 Pete Fox ░░░░░░░░ Geraldo is live in ░░░░░░░░ Juan Geraldo The latest ░░░░░░░░ over my shoulder Pete ░░░░░░░░ and Todd You ll ░░░░░░░░ another barge coming in ░░░░░░░░ necessary supplies and I ░░░░░░░░ to credit the fact ░░░░░░░░ the president has agreed ░░░░░░░░ suspended Jones act The ░░░░░░░░ act required vessels only ░░░░░░░░ American flag to do ░░░░░░░░ with Puerto RICO which ░░░░░░░░ really making everything more ░░░░░░░░ and morecambe som and ░░░░░░░░ the amount of goods ░░░░░░░░ came in I had ░░░░░░░░ shot of a ship ░░░░░░░░ with containers bringing vital ░░░░░░░░ here to Puerto RICO ░░░░░░░░ know there is something ░░░░░░░░ compassion fatigue We have ░░░░░░░░ through hurricane Harvey now ░░░░░░░░ have gone threw hurricane ░░░░░░░░ now and hurricane MARIA ░░░░░░░░ you want to feel ░░░░░░░░ for people and you ░░░░░░░░ to be generous and ░░░░░░░░ out but you re ░░░░░░░░ so many catastrophes competing ░░░░░░░░ center stage and the ░░░░░░░░ platform but I urge ░░░░░░░░ not to feel that ░░░░░░░░ about what s happened ░░░░░░░░ This is a calamity ░░░░░░░░ historic dimensions There has ░░░░░░░░ been a natural disaster ░░░░░░░░ negatively impacted more people ░░░░░░░░ the hurricanes that hit ░░░░░░░░ in Puerto RICO People ░░░░░░░░ still the vast majority ░░░░░░░░ of the folks here ░░░░░░░░ without electrical power Half ░░░░░░░░ them are without freshwater ░░░░░░░░ is no cell service ░░░░░░░░ s no Internet That ░░░░░░░░ of communication helps create ░░░░░░░░ kind of panic that ░░░░░░░░ in those lines at ░░░░░░░░ gas station but this ░░░░░░░░ has affected every corner ░░░░░░░░ this island of 3 ░░░░░░░░ million people Just pan ░░░░░░░░ It s really the ░░░░░░░░ buildings This building behind ░░░░░░░░ generator that s filled ░░░░░░░░ debris there was built ░░░░░░░░ the 1700s They were ░░░░░░░░ the process of restoring ░░░░░░░░ It has absolutely as ░░░░░░░░ can see been destroyed ░░░░░░░░ devastated It s gone ░░░░░░░░ probably can never be ░░░░░░░░ Earlier I was in ░░░░░░░░ historic happy neighborhood called ░░░░░░░░ a If that sounds ░░░░░░░░ to folks is the ░░░░░░░░ Oscar you Lewis and ░░░░░░░░ classic book where he ░░░░░░░░ a Puerto Rican family ░░░░░░░░ poverty but struggling and ░░░░░░░░ in their life I ░░░░░░░░ through that neighborhood and ░░░░░░░░ after building a neighborhood ░░░░░░░░ s been around for ░░░░░░░░ have been destroyed Manuel ░░░░░░░░ has live in the ░░░░░░░░ house for 61 years ░░░░░░░░ house now is half ░░░░░░░░ his neighbors homes are ░░░░░░░░ destroyed Here is what ░░░░░░░░ had to say about ░░░░░░░░ storm s impact What ░░░░░░░░ you need now We ░░░░░░░░ some water Drinking water ░░░░░░░░ they bring some what ░░░░░░░░ but after nine days ░░░░░░░░ s kind of late ░░░░░░░░ You know there is ░░░░░░░░ arriving obviously because of ░░░░░░░░ scope of this disaster ░░░░░░░░ don t think any ░░░░░░░░ could have been swift ░░░░░░░░ I don t think ░░░░░░░░ was a true understanding ░░░░░░░░ what has happened because ░░░░░░░░ I said there has ░░░░░░░░ been a natural disaster ░░░░░░░░ negatively impacted more people ░░░░░░░░ in modern history and ░░░░░░░░ ve covered volcanos and ░░░░░░░░ and I ve chased ░░░░░░░░ for the last 50 ░░░░░░░░ I ve never seen ░░░░░░░░ that has hurt more ░░░░░░░░ than hurricane MARIA here ░░░░░░░░ Puerto RICO Back to ░░░░░░░░ guys Pete Briefly Geraldo ░░░░░░░░ s the sense on ░░░░░░░░ ground of the kind ░░░░░░░░ response that they ve ░░░░░░░░ on the ground so ░░░░░░░░ Geraldo I think that ░░░░░░░░ s uneven Pete You ░░░░░░░░ people are very frustrated ░░░░░░░░ you have no electrical ░░░░░░░░ even if you are ░░░░░░░░ a relatively wealthy person ░░░░░░░░ in one of those ░░░░░░░░ that line the strip ░░░░░░░░ San Juan and you ░░░░░░░░ a million or 2 ░░░░░░░░ for it and you ░░░░░░░░ on the 12th floor ░░░░░░░░ have Noel estraight or ░░░░░░░░ have no water so ░░░░░░░░ you want to flush ░░░░░░░░ toilet you ve got ░░░░░░░░ carry a gallon up ░░░░░░░░ 11 12 stories they ░░░░░░░░ really in extreme The ░░░░░░░░ Rican people are a ░░░░░░░░ compassionate and loving and ░░░░░░░░ folk if I can ░░░░░░░░ that and I know ░░░░░░░░ very well Remember the ░░░░░░░░ I turned 16 years ░░░░░░░░ I lived with my ░░░░░░░░ E lie here and ░░░░░░░░ s a good example ░░░░░░░░ has no generator she ░░░░░░░░ no water supply They ░░░░░░░░ modest people middle class ░░░░░░░░ They re struggling and ░░░░░░░░ is the new normal ░░░░░░░░ think everybody gets the ░░░░░░░░ that it s going ░░░░░░░░ be months before power ░░░░░░░░ restored and I think ░░░░░░░░ the challenge President Trump ░░░░░░░░ when he arrives here ░░░░░░░░ Tuesday and God bless ░░░░░░░░ president for coming here ░░░░░░░░ Puerto RICO and seeing ░░░░░░░░ what is going on ░░░░░░░░ challenge he faces though ░░░░░░░░ not to encourage generosity ░░░░░░░░ the challenge is that ░░░░░░░░ infrastructure of this island ░░░░░░░░ been destroyed There are ░░░░░░░░ 000 miles of telephone ░░░░░░░░ electric cables for example ░░░░░░░░ have been neglected The ░░░░░░░░ are rotten down scarcely ░░░░░░░░ block in this whole ░░░░░░░░ that has an intact ░░░░░░░░ cable They re all ░░░░░░░░ for reasons that someone ░░░░░░░░ explain to me the ░░░░░░░░ are all above ground ░░░░░░░░ the hurricane swept them ░░░░░░░░ in the first minutes ░░░░░░░░ the impact Is the ░░░░░░░░ States ready for something ░░░░░░░░ in to the Marshall ░░░░░░░░ that rebuilt Europe afterworld ░░░░░░░░ two Is this the ░░░░░░░░ plan because I think ░░░░░░░░ s the only salvation ░░░░░░░░ long term for Puerto ░░░░░░░░ back to you.