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2017-10-02 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

CEO: ‘Inept’ Puerto Rican government ‘riddled with corruption’

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Posted by Pappy 2017-10-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Sounds like an opportunity to practice 'nation building'. Had some uniformed personnel with recent experience. Could come in handy after our own civil war. Treat it as a large scale field exercise.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-10-02 06:48|| 2017-10-02 06:48|| Front Page Top

#2 I heard an interesting discussion regarding Puerto Rico and the VI. A building disaster engineer said Guam regularly gets much worse storms. Said the problem with those islands that Guam doesn't have are totally centered on building codes, and code enforcement. Said one building not built to good codes (which the Caribbean doesn't have) is like a hand grenade to every building down wind. He calls them House Grenades.

Posted by 3dc 2017-10-02 07:22|| 2017-10-02 07:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Many construction techniques have been developed. The KISS technique is best. Something the average person can be taught. The problem here and in many countries is the layers of corruption. When Iran got their billions I guarantee you many political and politically connected people siphoned off most of the money. href="">money.

Posted by Dale 2017-10-02 09:38|| 2017-10-02 09:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Excellent video at #3. Thanks Dale.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-02 09:41|| 2017-10-02 09:41|| Front Page Top

#5 "His entire administration is totally inexperienced and they have no clue how to handle a crisis of this magnitude."

Uh, how do you get experience handling post-hurricane crises?

Posted by Clem 2017-10-02 11:43|| 2017-10-02 11:43|| Front Page Top

#6 I enjoyed this construction. I could see myself doing this. Raw materials seem to be least expensive construction. Labor help I would think would be plentiful. Efforts could be learned and duplicated with others. Integrated logistical assistance would be very important.

Posted by Dale 2017-10-02 12:38|| 2017-10-02 12:38|| Front Page Top

#7 I remember photos of Florida after a hurricane back in the 80s or 90s. Houses built by Habitat for Humanity were still standing (I assume they use KISS techniques since so many amateurs are involved, and they avoid the corruption endemic of Florida as well).

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-10-02 14:39|| 2017-10-02 14:39|| Front Page Top

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