Ayyy Puerto Rico. Bendiciones y paz. Praying for peace, calmer days and steady ground to go forth, literally. šµš· Tato bien ahora? Is everyone safe, albeit awake and in the dark post-earthquake?
Iāve been sitting here across the world feeling helpless, texting friends/fam on island and wishing there were more I could do to settle Mother Nature. Puerto Rico doesnāt deserve to have its people, its natural treasures, its buildings, its power grid š¤¦š»āāļø, its systems rattled, shaken, tested, broken. No place or population deserve to live in fear or danger, not in the face of any natural or manmade threat or force. Pero ya tu sabes, nothing can break the spirit and resilience of boricuas. With you today, tomorrow and always. šš¾šµš·
Sending love from a quiet š¤š¼ fault zone across the country to one that hopefully will soon be quiet again once more ā and sipping creamy coconut cocoa and spooning myself chocolate coconut pie in your honorā¦ call it my Bay Area hippie vegan version of coquito and tembleque?! š¤·š»āāļø Ni idea. š¤¦š»āāļø Besos. ā„ļø
The earthquakes sadly keep coming, so updating (here and mostly Twitter @ErinSchrode)ā¦
Iād be cool with no middle-of-the-night news alerts or WhatsApps about natural disasters or power outages hitting Puerto Rico ever again. šš¾šµš· Bendiciones a todos.
Oh these images of destroyed homes, buildings, churches, roads, bridges and more from our beloved island are horrifying, tragic, frightening. I continue praying for Puerto Rico and all affected by the earthquakes.šš¾šµš·
Iām checking in on friends in/near Yauco and the areas most affected by tonightās earthquakes (yes, plural). I just got this answer: āThank you... ESTAMOS bien Gracias a Dios. Te avisamos.ā And that really is the precise thing I want to hear from everyone in Puerto Rico.šš¾šµš·
Yet another earthquake just hit Puerto Rico. Magnitude 6.0, after many smaller aftershocks. šš¾ā„ļø The first death has also been reported by Telemundo PR, when a wall fell on an elderly man. More injuries are confirmed. Damage appears serious across the south and southwest of the island.
The sun is rising on Puerto Rico after multiple overnight earthquakes that have devastated towns across the south of the island. šš¾šµš· Bendiciones. Prayers. Be safe, all.
More images from the damages caused by the overnight earthquakes that shook Puerto Rico are coming in after daybreak, including a school in Guanica. Warnings about widespread structural faults have long circulated. Thank goodness there were no students when the building fell at 4am. What horrors, destruction and disruptions these children have had to and continue to endure across Puerto Rico. šš¾šµš· I continue to pray for all and for the island as a whole.
A seismologist told CBS News' David Begnaud the chances of an earthquake greater than yesterdayās 5.8 magnitude hitting Puerto Rico again were less than THREE PERCENT (3%!!)ā¦ yet it happened this morning with multiple quakes around 6.0 and even up to 6.4 rattling the island. Prayers. šš¾šµš·
I sincerely hope (and pray and demand) that the CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES in Puerto Rico who are newly suffering from these earthquakes and still suffering from ongoing recovery or lack thereof post-Hurricane Maria receive the swift, adequate, coordinated, just, comprehensive aid, help, assistance and otherwise that is necessary (not to mention legally obligated and formally required) from the local, islandwide and federal governments.
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