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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Free Vulcan on September 14, 2018, 02:03:25 am

Title: Massive stockpile of bottled water found in Puerto Rico a year after Maria
Post by: Free Vulcan on September 14, 2018, 02:03:25 am

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Hundreds of thousands of water bottles meant for victims of Hurricane Maria are still sitting at a Puerto Rico airport — nearly a year after the deadly storm, according to a report.

A photo showing the bottles in boxes and covered in a blue tarp on a runway in Ceiba was shared widely on social media Tuesday evening.

“Although you don’t believe it… almost a million boxes of water that were never delivered to the villages,” posted Abdiel Santana, a photographer working for a Puerto Rican state police agency who took the pictures. “Is there anyone who can explain this?”

https://nypost.com/2018/09/12/massive-stockpile-of-bottled-water-found-in-puerto-rico-a-year-after-maria/

Title: Re: Massive stockpile of bottled water found in Puerto Rico a year after Maria
Post by: thackney on September 14, 2018, 01:12:52 pm

This is an open airport with one open runway and one closed.

These were not just "found".  People have been looking at this pile nearly everyday they fly.

This airport was operational in October 2017.
https://www.travelmarketreport.com/articles/Despite-Hurricane-Maria-Damage-Puerto-Rico-Plans-for-a-Merry-Christmas (https://www.travelmarketreport.com/articles/Despite-Hurricane-Maria-Damage-Puerto-Rico-Plans-for-a-Merry-Christmas)