NASA Images of Puerto Rico Reveal How Maria Wiped Out Power On the Island (jalopnik.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Jalopnik: Hurricane Maria was the most devastating hurricane to make land in Puerto Rico in nearly 100 years and the country is still reeling in its wake. Much of the island still doesn't have running water, reliable communication or electricity. Recently, NASA published a set of date-processed photos that show the island's nighttime lights both before and after the storm. Here, you can see images of the country's capital, San Juan, on a typical night before Maria. It's based on cloud-free and low moonlight conditions. Conversely, the following composite image is of data taken on the nights of Sept. 27 and 28 -- nearly a week after the storm hit -- by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, a scanning radiometer that collects visible and infrared imagery of land, atmosphere, cryosphere and oceans, according to NASA's website.

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Re:"the country"?

[Trailer Trash]

What the hell are you talking about? The federal government (headed by President Trump) is doing everything they can in Puerto Rico right now, and people there are mostly praising the efforts. But the fact is that the devastation is so widespread that it'll take years to clean it up. There's no indication that Trump is doing any less there than other places, and he's certainly not "dragging his feet".