WEBVTT 00:00.500 --> 00:01.101 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: FOR MORE ON THE 00:01.101 --> 00:02.736 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DIRE SITUATION IN PUERTO RICO, 00:02.736 --> 00:04.604 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I'M JOINED VIA SKYPE BY JESSICA 00:04.604 --> 00:06.272 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RIOS VINER, A REPORTER WITH THE 00:06.272 --> 00:08.008 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEWSPAPER, "EL NUEVO DIA." 00:08.008 --> 00:09.409 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHE'S IN GUAYNABO, TEN MILES 00:09.409 --> 00:11.211 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOUTH OF SAN JUAN. 00:11.211 --> 00:13.213 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE FOR THE PAST 00:13.213 --> 00:14.214 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 24, 48 HOURS? 00:14.214 --> 00:15.482 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU'RE IN A PLACE THAT HAS 00:15.482 --> 00:17.851 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POWER-- YOUR NEWSPAPER OFFICES-- 00:17.851 --> 00:20.553 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT JUST DESCRIBE THE SCENE. 00:20.553 --> 00:21.888 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> OKAY, WELL, RIGHT NOW, I'M IN 00:21.888 --> 00:23.957 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE METROPOLITAN AREA. 00:23.957 --> 00:24.657 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE 00:24.657 --> 00:27.160 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COMMUNICATION IS FLOWING. 00:27.160 --> 00:28.762 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE'RE VERY-- IT'S VERY, VERY 00:28.762 --> 00:30.130 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HARD TO REACH THE PEOPLE THAT 00:30.130 --> 00:33.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE AROUND THE COAST OF THE 00:33.033 --> 00:36.036 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ISLAND AND ON THE MOUNTAINS. 00:36.036 --> 00:37.604 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE HAVE A GENERATOR HERE, BUT 00:37.604 --> 00:39.806 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE 00:39.806 --> 00:41.274 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONNECTIONS. 00:41.274 --> 00:43.176 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION TOWERS 00:43.176 --> 00:45.045 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FELL, AND THERE'S ALMOST NO 00:45.045 --> 00:46.179 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE 00:46.179 --> 00:47.113 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ISLAND. 00:47.113 --> 00:50.083 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE HAVE BEEN MANY AREAS WHERE 00:50.083 --> 00:52.252 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE MAYORS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO 00:52.252 --> 00:53.920 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GO TO SEE HOW THEY ARE BECAUSE 00:53.920 --> 00:57.557 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE STREETS ARE BLOCKED WITH 00:57.557 --> 01:02.796 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LAMPPOSTS, ELECTRIC POSTS, JUST 01:02.796 --> 01:04.297 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BRANCHES, TREES. 01:04.297 --> 01:04.864 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: HOW 01:04.864 --> 01:06.232 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SIGNIFICANT IS THE FLOODING THAT 01:06.232 --> 01:08.034 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE, GIVEN 01:08.034 --> 01:09.602 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT YOU'RE EXPECTING EVEN MORE 01:09.602 --> 01:10.804 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND? 01:10.804 --> 01:12.372 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> YEAH, WELL, WE HAVE AREAS 01:12.372 --> 01:15.341 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT HAD TO BE COMPLETELY 01:15.341 --> 01:16.676 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EVACUATED. 01:16.676 --> 01:18.912 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DAM 01:18.912 --> 01:21.448 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AT GUATAJACA THAT'S ABOUT TO 01:21.448 --> 01:24.951 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BREAK, AND ALL THAT AREA IS 01:24.951 --> 01:26.252 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GOING TO BE FLOODED. 01:26.252 --> 01:26.920 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: THE CITIZENS 01:26.920 --> 01:30.256 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PREPARING FOR A LONG SLOG 01:30.256 --> 01:30.690 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THROUGH THIS. 01:30.690 --> 01:31.958 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I MEAN, GIVEN THAT WE'VE SEEN 01:31.958 --> 01:33.226 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REPORT AFTER REPORT SAYING IT 01:33.226 --> 01:35.061 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COULD BE A VERY LONG TIME UNTIL 01:35.061 --> 01:36.496 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POWER IS RESTORED THROUGHOUT THE 01:36.496 --> 01:37.097 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ISLAND. 01:37.097 --> 01:38.331 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU'RE ALREADY IN ECONOMIC 01:38.331 --> 01:39.032 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STRAITS. 01:39.032 --> 01:39.599 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU DON'T HAVE THE 01:39.599 --> 01:40.667 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO 01:40.667 --> 01:43.937 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CLEAR THE TREES AND MOBILIZE 01:43.937 --> 01:45.572 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GOVERNMENT RESOURCES. 01:45.572 --> 01:48.341 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS 01:48.341 --> 01:50.577 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PREPARED FOR THIS. 01:50.577 --> 01:53.980 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I MEAN, I-- THERE'S JUST-- THERE 01:53.980 --> 01:55.715 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE AREAS WHERE THEY'RE SAYING 01:55.715 --> 01:57.317 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT COULD TAKE A YEAR BECAUSE 01:57.317 --> 01:59.953 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY HAVE TO REBUILD EVERYTHING, 01:59.953 --> 02:01.054 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT IT COULD TAKE A YEAR TO GET 02:01.054 --> 02:01.821 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOME POWER. 02:01.821 --> 02:03.389 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WATER, WE HAD NO WATER ON THE 02:03.389 --> 02:05.325 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHOLE ISLAND, BUT NOW THEY JUST 02:05.325 --> 02:07.393 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SAID 20%, 25% ARE GETTING THEIR 02:07.393 --> 02:10.830 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WATER BACK BECAUSE THEY PUT THE 02:10.830 --> 02:12.332 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DAMS ON GENERATORS. 02:12.332 --> 02:12.999 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: YOU KNOW, I 02:12.999 --> 02:15.435 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REALIZE THIS IS HOME FOR YOU, 02:15.435 --> 02:17.070 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS HOME FOR 3.5 MILLION 02:17.070 --> 02:18.705 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AMERICANS, BUT AT THIS POINT ARE 02:18.705 --> 02:20.440 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW 02:20.440 --> 02:21.708 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO MOVE THEIR LIVES SOMEWHERE 02:21.708 --> 02:23.510 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELSE, PERHAPS TO THE MAINLAND? 02:23.510 --> 02:24.644 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE 02:24.644 --> 02:27.914 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, MOVING. 02:27.914 --> 02:30.116 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT THERE'S ALSO-- I MEAN, YOU 02:30.116 --> 02:31.284 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS THE BAD 02:31.284 --> 02:32.652 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THING, PEOPLE THAT ARE ROBBING 02:32.652 --> 02:35.088 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STUFF; BUT THERE'S ALSO A UNITY 02:35.088 --> 02:36.623 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE 02:36.623 --> 02:37.924 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE HELPING EACH OTHER, YOU 02:37.924 --> 02:39.192 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KNOW, CLEAR THE STREETS, YOU 02:39.192 --> 02:40.927 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KNOW, PEOPLE LENDING PHONES SO 02:40.927 --> 02:41.995 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN 02:41.995 --> 02:43.129 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR FAMILY 02:43.129 --> 02:44.664 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEMBERS. 02:44.664 --> 02:45.298 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: ALL RIGHT, 02:45.298 --> 02:47.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JESSICA RIOS VINER, A DIFFICULT 02:47.033 --> 02:47.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JOB. 02:47.333 --> 02:47.867 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A REPORTER WITH THE 02:47.867 --> 02:49.102 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEWSPAPER, "EL NUEVO DIA." 02:49.102 --> 02:51.538 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. 02:50.303 --> 02:51.571 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.