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>> PUERTO RICO IS BATTLING

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DEVASTATION CAUSED BY HURRICANE.

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CHICAGO RESIDENTS OF PUERTO

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RICAN DESCENT SAYS IT CALLS FOR

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE.

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AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH

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MORE.

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>> BRANDIS, SACHAYRA CINTRON WAS

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BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO AND

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MOVED TO PUERTO RICO IN 2010 AND

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IN 2017 MOVED BACK DAYS BEFORE

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HURRICANE MARIA HIT.

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>> WE WERE LIVING WITHOUT WATER

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AND LIGHT FOR A MONTH ALREADY

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BECAUSE OF THE TROPICAL STORM

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IRMA.

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AND LIFE CONTINUED.

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AND THEN WE SAW HOW BAD

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HURRICANE MARIA WAS GETTING.

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SO MY MOM BEGGED FOR ME TO COME

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BACK TO CHICAGO.

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>> SHE AND HER KIDS BECAUSE

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HURRICANE MARIA WAS A CATEGORY

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FOUR THAT WREAKED HAVOC ON THE

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ISLAND THE COMMONWEALTH THAT IS

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UNINCORPORATED U.S. TERRITORY.

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THOUSANDS DIED.

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POWER WAS KNOCKED OUT FOR WEEKS,

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MONTHS EVEN.

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>> THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES THAT

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LIVE IN HOUSES THAT STILL HAVE

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BLUE TARPS ON THEM AFTER

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HURRICANE MARIA.

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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE

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FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF

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HURRICANE MARIA TOMORROW.

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AND WE STILL DO NOT HAVE AN

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INFRASTRUCTURE IN WHICH PUERTO

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RICO CAN SURVIVE A CATEGORY ONE.

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>> A CATEGORY ONE STORM LIKE

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HURRICANE FIONA WHICH RIPPED

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THROUGH PUERTO RICO AND CAUSED

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MUD LIED SLIDES AND FLOODING,

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AND AGAIN, LEAVING PUERTO RICANS

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WITHOUT POWER.

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>> NOT HAVING POWER IN PUERTO

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RICO MEANS NO CLEAN WATER.

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NOT HAVING POWER IN PUERTO RICO

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MEANS THE INDIVIDUALS DO NOT GET

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TO STORE AND KEEP THEIR MEDICINE

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WELL.

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THAT PEEPS NOT HAVING --

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MEANS NOT HAVING POWER MEANS THE

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PEOPLE IN HOSPITALS ON

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RESPIRATORS OR ATTACHED TO

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TREATMENT THAT REQUIRES POWER

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CANNOT GET THE TREATMENT OR

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CANNOT HAVE WORKING RESPIRATORS.

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>> JESSIE FUENTES OF THE PUERTO

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RICAN AGENDA OF CHICAGO SAYS THE

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SITUATION THEN AND NOW HAS

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EXPOSED THAT PUERTO RICO DOES

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NOT GET THE SAME TREATMENT IN

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CLIMATE EMERGENCIES AS DOES,

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SAY, TEXAS OR OTHER U.S.

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SOUTHERN STATES.

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>> HURRICANE MARIA EXPOSED THE

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CONSEQUENCES OF COLONIALISM.

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I THINK THAT HURRICANE MARIA

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EXPOSED THE LACK OF RESOURCES

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THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS WILLING

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TO GIVE AN ISLAND LIKE PUERTO

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RICO.

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AND I THINK HURRICANE MARIA

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RAISED CONSCIOUSNESS NOT JUST

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THE ISLAND BUT THE DIASPORA.

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>> RAISED CONSCIOUSNESS AND

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BUILT MOMENTUM FOR A TRUE

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REQUEST ABOUT THE IMPACT OF

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COLONIALIZATION FOR ACTION

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TOWARDS DECOLONIZING LIKE

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EFFORTS TO PUERTO RICO TO

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APPOINT A SELF DETERMINATION

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WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS FOR

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PUERTO RICANS TO DECIDE.

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BE IT U.S. STATEHOOD, KEEPING

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THE CURRENT STATUS OR BECOMING

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AN INDEPENDENT NATION AS IN SOME

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WAYS WITH A NOW PRIVATIZED BUT

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YET TROUBLED ELECTRIC GRID

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THINKS ARE NOT WORKING.

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JESSIE FUENTES SAYS THINGS ARE

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BEING BETTER THAN IN 2017 THAN

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UNDER THE PRESIDENT TRUMP

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ADMINISTRATION THEN GRANTED THIS

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STORM IS NOT AS STRONG BUT

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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ANSWERED

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APPROVING AN EMERGENCY

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DECLARATION WHICH ACTIVATES FEMA

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TO COORDINATE AND MOVE ON

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RECOVERY EFFORTS.

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ALSO THE PUERTO RICAN AGENDA

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WHICH MOBILIZED AFTER HURRICANE

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MARIA IS NOW READY TO JUMP INTO

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ACTION AGAIN.

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STATE SENATOR CRISTINA

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PACIONE-ZAYAS SAYS FIVE YEARS

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AGO, THE COALITION SWIFTLY

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RAISED $70,000.

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>> AND WE QUICKLY TRANSLATED

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THAT INTO PALLETS OF EMERGENCY

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SUPPLIES.

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BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, MONEY

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WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE.

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WE NEED TO GET SUPPLIES THERE.

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WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE OUR

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RELATIONSHIPS SOCIALLY AND

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POLITICALLY TO BE ABLE TO SECURE

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A PLANE FROM UNITED AND GET THAT

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PLANE OUT FIVE DAYS AFTER THE

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HURRICANE.

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WE WERE THE FIRST COMMUNITY TO

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LAND A PLANE AND WE DID IT THREE

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TIMES OVER.

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>> SHE SAYS THAT ACTION NOW CAN

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TAKE VARIOUS FORMS FOR FAR TOO

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LONG PUERTO RICO HAS BEEN AN

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AFTERTHOUGHT.

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AND SOME ASPECTS NOT SAY DEALING

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WITH CLIMATE CHANGE WILL TAKE

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TIME AND OTHERS CAN BE MORE

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IMMEDIATE.

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>> IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING.

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SOME PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND

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FIRST THAT PUERTO RICO RIGHT NOW

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IS A COLONY OF THE UNITED

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STATES.

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SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE

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OF THAT.

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AND HOW DID THAT RELATIONSHIP

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COME ABOUT?

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AND HOW DID THAT BRING IT TO THE

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POINT THAT IT'S AT TODAY, RIGHT?

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SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL GRAPPLING

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WITH IS CLIMATE CHANGE REAL?

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AND HERE IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE THAT

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MOST INDEED IT IS.

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AND THEN SOME FOLKS YOU KNOW,

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REALLY WANT THE MORE CONCRETE,

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RIGHT?

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>> AS IN, YES, CONCRETE CASH

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DONATIONS.

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BUT SHE SAYS THIS SHOULD BE DONE

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WITHOUT A SAVIOR MENNALITY

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MAKING SURE TO GIVE TO

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ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE LOCAL

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CONNECTIONS.

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MEANWHILE, HER FRIENDS AND

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FAMILY THAT ARE STILL IN PUERTO

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RICO ARE SAFE RIGHT NOW?

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NOW.

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>> I THINK WITH PUERTO RICO

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EVERYDAY.

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BUT I AM HERE AND I'M WILL BE

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OPENING UP MY BUSINESS HERE.

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PUERTO RICAN OWNED AND YOU KNOW,

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PUERTO RICAN RELATED.

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>> PLANNING TO OPEN THAT PUERTO

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RICAN COFFEE SHOP AND CAFE IN

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HUMBOLDT PARK AS SOON AS THE

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NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

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GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER HAS

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OFFERED A STATEMENT THIS

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AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO

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HURRICANE FIONA.

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NO DIRECT PROMISES OF AID FROM

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THE STATE BUT SAYING ILLINOIS

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WILL OFFER ANY NECESSARY SUPPORT

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TO VICTIMS.

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SAYING THAT ILLINOIS IS NOT IN

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THE BUSINESS OF TURNING AWAY

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THOSE IN NEED AND WE WILL