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Thats -- yesterday the governor assigned me the responsibility of making sure diesel is distributed for power plants around hospitals. and vegetables and basic food products. and weve been receiving loads of tanks because of the amounts of diesel that need to be distributed. certainly its a logistical challenge that its been normalized. we have 1,100 gas stations in the island and 24 of those are nonoperational. and we had only 90 in operation. today its 530 so were trying to get those lines in ...

2k3 i count on my dell small business advisor for tech advice. with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back to business. ♪ puerto rico is now enduring its sixth night in almost complete darkness. most of the island remains without power in the wake of hurricane maria. and for all the urgency of the humanitarian situation there, the lived experience of this storm is waiting. waiting for help. waiting for government response. residents of puerto rico waiting in line fo...

Complete darkness. most of the island remains without power in the wake of hurricane maria. for all the urgency of the humanitarian situation, the lived experience of the storm is waiting, waiting for help, waiting for government response. residents of puerto rico waiting in line for hours to buy gas, the power generators which is mostly the only source of power still on the island. people are also waiting in lines for water. including people setting up makeshift water stations at streams and sp...

This, one of the most immediate dangers is dehydration. human beings can only push it so long not to last, what, maybe four days without water where now nearly three days in in terms of this crisis. the u.s. joined in the effort by sending one of its disaster assistance response teams. another one of those highly trained teams is deployed to the caribbean to help with the recovery effort there. 3.5 million americans are in pitch darkness tonight for a second night across puerto rico. flashlights...

Could take half a year to six months to get the power grid up and running. across san juan today, residents stood in line for hours to try to get gas to power generators. hurricane maria moved on and flash floods today. cell phone service very, very and airport in san genre opened and flights which at least need supplies to get in. the dominican republic has 10.6 million people and very dangerous storm surge. right now bahamas.

Power. you can see behind me all of the power poles. presumably these will be downloaded one at a time to the different lines being repaired, this is something that the people want so desperately. 2.5 million people are still without power. that works out to 25%. florida power and light is working with crews to turn the power back on. power recovery is happening four times faster than hurricane wilma. little consolation to people that have to sleep in the heat. the other big issue, at the crack ...

Animal. so we have the best staff, the best fortress, and we are fully stocked up and supplied. we have three power generators ready to go when the power gives out. >> sounds like you expect the power to give out. im not a cat guy, full disclosure. 54 cats, no power for a few days. how do we do that? >> three generators, craig. we just fire those up. we have more than ample supply of fuel. well keep those running mostly for refrigerator systems and air conditioning systems. >> im going to stop d...

The building you see behind me has been here since 1851. its constructed out of solid 18-inch blocks of limestone and we are not in the flood zone. we are sitting at one of the highest elevations of land in all the florida keys. >> all right. im not going to go fact for fact with you, because youre in charge of the museum. i know you know everything. but do you have all the supplies you need? do you have a plan for this period of up to 72 hours where people wont be able to get to you if the powe...

It looks like its going to swallow barbuda and anguilla. were getting seismic activity in guadeloupe. its nothing something that you would feel on the ground but there are tremors being picked up. and its basically because of the wind, because of the sounds, believe it or not. the winds coming in are hitting the trees and that energy is going down into the ground. so its going to increase a little bit. its happened before. we have reports of it happening in texas with harvey. >> i want to go nex...

What was hamg? >> it felt like a bad dream. at first i couldnt grasp it for a while. >> and so how long -- now youve been here since the weekend. what will happen next for your family? >> well, as soon as it clears up, we have people that want to take us to waco. >> and youll stay there while you rebuild? >> well, were just going to go, move back. adds soon as this clears up, well wait about a month or two and see if it clears, then well go and get whatever theres anything salvageable. we had a ...