#Puerto Rico Hurricane relief
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Y’all Red’s reading Dracula right now. Go watch and give her cause money.
#OSP#Overly Sarcastic Productions#OSP Red#Overly Sarcastic Productions Red#Dracula Daily#Dracula#Bram Stoker#our good friend jonathan#Jonathan Harker#Puerto Rico#Hurricane Relief#Puerto Rico Hurricane relief
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Donation links to help Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Fiona
I know I said this blog is dead, but it is still my blog with the most reach, so I'm gonna use it for good
For those of you who do not know, Hurricane Fiona has been devastating to Puerto Rico. People are left without homes, running water, or electricity. It's a desperate situation out there right now.
You can find more detailed accounts Here (NPR), Here (NY Times), and Here (NBC).
My friend in Puerto Rico- who told me how bad things are down there and is the reason I am making this post- stressed the importance that, when donating, not to give charity to the government. The people in need will never see that money. With that in mind, here are some links to nonprofit organizations to help. A little goes a long way.
My personal first choice is The Maria Fund - They work with grassroots organizations in Puerto Rico to collect donations and redistribute the funds to the exact organizations that need them. You can see the list of places/groups they help on this page of their website.
If you would rather have direct control over where your money goes, other reputable options include Casa Pueblo, Taller Sauld, and Techos Pa' Mi Gente.
Anything helps, and if you cannot donate money, boosting so that those who have funds see this is also helpful.
Thank you
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Interview with Berta Joubert-Ceci of Struggle-La Lucha:
In Puerto Rico, we are in the middle of losing the country. Our country is being destroyed, not only politically by physically. A week ago, a hurricane of only category one passed through our country, exposing all the colonial crimes committed against Puerto Rico. All the inefficiency and cruelty of both, the local government and the United States became obvious.
#Puerto Rico#Hurricane Fiona#climate crisis#disaster relief#austerity#colonialism#privatization#imperialism#Joe Biden#FueraLuma#PuertoRicoLibre#Berta Joubert-Ceci#interview#Struggle La Lucha
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Puerto Rican local organizations hurricane relief master document!
SIGNAL BOOST & follow @bfpnola for further updates and mutual aid opportunities!
#reaux speaks#resources#mutual aid#puerto rico#natural disaster#hurricane fiona#fiona#disaster relief
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Direct Impact Organizations for Hurricane Fiona Relief
Taller Salud
Brigada Solidaria del Oeste
Paypal: [email protected]
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Hyundai vuelve con el programa Hurricane Relief
(Junio de 2023) – Por tercer año consecutivo, Hyundai de Puerto Rico ofrecerá una póliza de seguro que brinda una protección adicional sin costo para cubrir daños que los clientes puedan sufrir por el impacto de los vientos asociados con el paso de fenómenos atmosféricos por la isla. Se trata del programa llamado Hurricane Relief, el cual se ofrece sin costo alguno a todos los clientes que…
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Hurricanes Fiona and Ian test government and federal responses to disasters
Hurricanes Fiona and Ian test government and federal responses to disasters
Throughout the years, the Gulf of Mexico has seen many hurricanes and tropical storms make their way through the waters. Two historic hurricanes made landfall this past month, leaving trails of devastation in their midst: Hurricane Fiona in the Caribbean and Atlantic Canada in mid-September and Hurricane Ian in Florida and the East Coast of the United States. Fiona and Ian both wreaked havoc onto…
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#2022 hurricane season#disaster relief#florida#government#government aid#government response#hurricane#hurricane fiona#hurricane ian#natural disasters#puerto rico
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Tallahassee Democrat: Rick Scott, Marco Rubio urge FEMA to make Puerto Rico's recovery from Fiona 'top priority'
MIAMI — Sen. Rick Scott and Sen. Marco Rubio, along with Puerto Rico’s Representative Commissioner Jennifer González-Colón in Congress, asked the Biden administration to move quickly to aid Puerto Rico in the aftermath of the devastating damage done by Hurricane Fiona.
In a letter Tuesday to Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell, the lawmakers urged her to “make the island’s full recovery from this storm a top priority. “
“At a time when Puerto Rico is still recovering from the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Maria, which completely devastated the island just five years ago, Hurricane Fiona’s heavy rains produced catastrophic flooding, widespread power outages, and other life-threatening impacts to the island’s critical infrastructure,” the lawmakers wrote.
Disaster:The power is out. Homes and roads are flooded. In Puerto Rico, Hurricane Fiona leaves a 'nightmare.'
How can I help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Fiona?: Mutual aid, nonprofits to support
“With many of the severe consequences of this storm still unfolding, we write in support of an immediate assessment of the situation and deployment of FEMA resources, personnel, and supplies,” they wrote. “This will alleviate unnecessary delays in facilitating the recovery efforts as access to critical resources begin to dwindle.”
Florida is home to nearly 1.2 million Puerto Ricans, who represent the second-largest Hispanic group behind Cubans, according to the latest Census figures.
Following Hurricane Maria in 2018, tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans temporarily relocated to Florida. Many have since stayed because the U.S. territory’s economy remains in shambles.
Hurricane Fiona's brings heavy rains to P.R.
Fiona made landfall as a Category 1 storm Sunday afternoon on the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico, then made landfall again early Monday on the Dominican Republic's east coast.
As of Tuesday, more than 80% of Puerto Rico remained without power — more than 24 hours after the storm shut down the island's entire electrical system. There's no running water in more than 100,000 homes and businesses. The Dominican Republic is still assessing damage.
The National Weather Service warned of "catastrophic and life-threatening" flooding and mudslides in southern and eastern Puerto Rico on Tuesday, and more heavy rain was forecast through the week. Conditions were not expected to significantly improve.
FEMA’s Criswell arrived Tuesday to assess the damage and figure out what other resources might be needed.
She said the agency will be sending “hundreds of additional staff’’ to Puerto Rico in the coming days, besides the 1,000-plus already in the island responding to Hurricane Fiona — about 700 of whom had been aiding recovery efforts from Hurricane Maria, which struck with devastating force exactly five years ago.
Quicker FEMA response
Criswell said in a statement that FEMA intends to “place staff in each of the impacted communities to supplement our already vast footprint.’’
That stands in stark contrast to 2017, when FEMA’s response to Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico was widely criticized, leading the agency to acknowledge mistakes in organization, preparedness and staffing in an internal report the next year.
The agency said it has increased the number of its warehouses in Puerto Rico from one to four and boosted supplies of meals and water tenfold.
“FEMA’s very well positioned for this response,’’ said Keith Turi, assistant administrator for recovery. “We’ve made a lot of progress in planning and preparedness with our partners in Puerto Rico and the municipalities in the last five years.’’
Advocates stresses the importance of supporting local organizations and grassroots mutual aid groups providing on-the-ground relief to communities in Puerto Rico. Multiple organizations are providing crucial aid such as solar lights, generators, supplies and food.
To help Puerto Ricans and others in the Caribbean recover, here's a list of some nonprofits and mutual aid funds you can support.
#Puerto Rico#hurricane fiona#Rick Scott#Marco Rubio urge FEMA to make Puerto Rico's recovery from Fiona 'top priority'.#emergency relief to Puerto Rico#fema
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Mainstream news is barely covering this, but Borikén (puerto rico by its colonial name) was hard hit by hurricane Fiona yesterday.
As my friends reach out despite widespread power outages, they’re sharing that flooding is happening where water didn’t even reach during Maria.
Grass roots organizations need our support right now, but for those of us showing solidarity from overseas it can be hard to find the right places to donate. During Maria in 2017 literally thousands died, not just as a result to unequal exposure to the natural disasters of climate crisis and instability, but even more so due to the US government’s colonialism and negligence and the incompetency and corruption of the Puerto Rican government.
DO NOT give money to the government or organizations closely working with it unless you want aid materials to rot in a shipping container. Or to buy people KitKat bars. Here are some alternatives I and my close friends trust:
Taller Salud
https://www.tallersalud.com
Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico
https://www.comedoressocialespr.org/aportar
Pro-Techos
https://protechos.org/es/donate/
Brigada Solidaria del Oeste
https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/co-conspirators/brigada-solidaria-del-oeste/?doing_wp_cron=1663304559.420053958892822265625O
La Code, Parceleras AfroCaribeñas
https://www.parcelerasafrocaribenas.org/donate
Proyecto Agroecológico Campesino
https://instagram.com/proyectoagroecologicocampesino?igshid=YzA2ZDJiZGQ=
El Hangar en Santurce
https://instagram.com/elhangarensanturce?
igshid=YzA2ZDJiZGQ=
Finally here is La Colmena Cimarrona, an Agro ecological farm working towards food sovereignty and collective land ownership in Vieques. They need some resources and financial support after the hurricane, so feel free to pitch in to their work, which will address both short term relief and long term survival strategies. https://www.hasercambio.org/colmena-cimarrona/
Hope this helps some of you direct your support. Y Fuerza Borikén
#boriken#puerto rico#hurricane fiona#mutual aid#decolonize#decolonisation#climate emergency#grassroots#signal boost#decolonization
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(PS: while I'm here I want to boost Vico's rec for hurricane/flood relief for Puerto Rico)
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What would an implied happy ending for Upstead look like to you?
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If you didn't watch that era of Fire (or you need a refresher), it ended with Gabby leaving Matt in Chicago to work in Puerto Rico on hurricane relief efforts. It effectively split up their marriage because Monica Raymund was leaving the show, but Jesse Spencer was not. One of their final scenes at the time was her asking him to join her, and he refused.
I think an implied happy ending for Jay and Hailey could look a lot like this, just with the opposite outcome. I think Hailey is already set up as being more and more disillusioned with her life in Chicago. Intelligence, Voight- they aren't what they once were to her. She looks isolated and exhausted by it all. She could hear from Jay at some point in the coming episodes, whether we are privy to see/hear this or not. He would say that whatever work he is doing or did (What is it? Who knows? Not us!) led him down a new path, and he wants her to join him. Hailey would take a little time to weigh her options but ultimately leave to be with him, and the audience would fill their own details where the writers don't give them.
We all know these OC writers aren't shy about repeating storylines across these shows, so this route wouldn't surprise me at all. It could be a way to close out both Jay and Hailey's stories, give somewhat of a logical ending, and not leave any loose ends to regroup for season 11 without them.
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Teachers in Puerto Rico Sweating
Teachers in Puerto Rico are seeking relief from the heat, teaching in record temperatures with no AC.
A total of 47 nights with temperatures exceeding 80°F (26°C) were reported in Puerto Rico this summer, the hottest on record for the island. Schools without air conditioning or with inoperable cooling systems due to power outages caused by hurricane-damaged infrastructure are seeking immediate…
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why i think about this song: this song is fun to listen to. i also appreciate the zeitgeist this song embodies when it came to natural disaster relief in 2017. this remix was an effort to raise relief funds for three major areas affected by natural disasters: houston, puerto rico, and mexico, a fact that i didn't really think too much about due to the fact that i was in the process of recovering from the damage that hurricane harvey wrought on my hometown (h-town till i drown baby!!). listening to it now doesn't have the same kick as it did in 2017, but then again there's not a lot of songs made to fill such a niche demanded at the time that hold up at all.
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#5yrsago San Juan mayor barred from speaking on Trump’s Puerto Rico relief conference call https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/san-juan-mayor-donald-trump-tweet-white-house-hurricane-maria-emergency-relief-puerto-rico-carmen-yulin-cruz-a7979856.html
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