A Tale of Two Hurricanes - Harvey and Maria Three Years Later #ProhibidoOlvidar
On August 25th, 2017 Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. One month later, on September 20th, Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico. #ProhibidoOlvidar
Both Hurricanes were Category 4 but the Trump Administration response to each disaster was the difference between 1 and 10. #ProhibidoOlvidar
HELICOPTERS CRITICAL FOR SAVING VICTIMS AND DELIVERING SUPPLIES: 6 days to deploy 91 helicopters over Houston. More than 21 days to deploy more than 70 helicopters over Puerto Rico. #ProhibidoOlvidar
FEDERAL PERSONNEL DEPLOYED TO HELP STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN FIRST 9 DAYS: 30,000 in Texas. 10,000 in Puerto Rico. #ProhibidoOlvidar
SHELTER, FOOD AND WATER: During first 9 days FEMA provided 5.1 million meals, 4.5 million liters of water and over 20,000 tarps to Houston but delivered just 1.6 million meals, 2.8 million liters of water and roughly 5,000 tarps to Puerto Rico. #ProhibidoOlvidar
USNS COMFORT: Took 9 days for hospital ship to embark from Norfolk, Virginia, to Puerto Rico despite the fact that few hospitals had consistent power. #ProhibidoOlvidar
INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE APPROVED BY FEMA 9 DAYS AFTER HURRICANES: $141.8 million for Texas victims. $6.2 million for Puerto Rico victims. #ProhibidoOlvidar
PERCENTAGE OF FEMA APPLICATIONS APPROVED 78 DAYS AFTER HURRICANES: 39% for Texas and 28% for Puerto Rico EVEN THOUGH FEMA had received 18% more applications from victims of Maria than of Harvey. #ProhibidoOlvidar
DAYS FOR FEMA TO APPROVE PERMANENT DISASTER WORK (SCHOOLS, ROADS, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE) : 10 days for Texas. 43 days for Puerto Rico. #ProhibidoOlvidar
TRUMP SITE VISITS: Trump visited Houston twice during the first 8 days after Harvey and Puerto Rico once 13 days after the Maria. #ProhibidoOlvidar
TWEETS: In the first week after the disasters, Trump sent 24 tweets about the plight of Texas and 8 about Puerto Rico. #ProhibidoOlvidar
DEATHS: 88 lost lives in Texas. Over 3,000 lives lost in Puerto Rico #ProhibidoOlvidar
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