Moving To Puerto Rico
TPC ATLANTIC GEORGES 1998 PRELIMINARY REPORT
2. Storm Surge Data The storm surge was estimatedto be near 10 feet in Fajardo, Puerto Rico while values of 4 to 6 feet were typicalin the Florida Keys. Preliminary storm surge estimates along the central and eastGulf Coast range from 5 to 9 feet in Louisiana and Mississippi (maximum of 8.9 feetat Point A La Hache, LA and Point Cadet, Biloxi, MS) to 5 to 12 feet in Alabama(5 to 10 feet in Mobile County and 7 to 12 feet in BaldwinCounty). The two highest values received from Alabama are 9.3 feet which occurredin west Mobile Bay, and 11.9 feet in Fort Morgan. In the Florida Panhandle, the stormsurge in Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa Counties was estimated to be 5 to 10feet. Of course breaking waves superimposed on the storm surge will result in evenhigher water marks. At the time of this writing, official United States Corps ofEngineers/Geological Survey (USCE/USGS) storm surge site survey values have notbeen received. ... [Read More]
Puerto Rico - Forecast discussions
FXCA62 TJSJ 180353 AAAAFDSJUAREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATEDNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR1152 PM AST SUN JUL 17 2005.UPDATE...EXPECT CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE FA OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED PASSING SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE LOCAL ISLANDS...MAINLY OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND THE EASTERN THIRD OF PUERTO RICO...AS WELL AS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS WHERE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO COULD ALSO OCCUR. INHERITED SHORT TERM GRIDS AND ZFP HAD A GOOD HANDLE ON EXPECTED CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND DID NOT SEND AN EVENING ZFP UPDATE. FOR COASTAL WATERS...MADE A COUPLE OF MINOR ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUS CWF...OTHERWISE NO CHANGES./ BCS/ASLREMAINDER BELOW UNCHANGED FROM THE DAY SHIFT..PREV DISCUSSION...RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES DEPICTED NUMEROUS PATCHES OF CLOUDS..WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TODAY ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS AND COASTAL WATERS. SOME OF THEM WERE OF HEAVY INTENSITY. THIS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A COUPLE ... [Read More]
FEMA: Executive Summary
There are many Federal programs that can help Puerto Rico repair and replace damaged residences. More than $377.7 million has been provided under FEMA's Disaster Housing Assistance program and more than $343 million has been approved under the Individual and Family Grant program. In the first 2 months following the hurricane, an average year's worth of FEMA housing assistance provided throughout the country has been delivered to disaster victims in Puerto Rico. In addition, SBA has approved more than $82.5 million in Home Disaster Loans and USDA's Rural Housing Service (RHS) has provided 127 loans and 53 grants worth a total of more than $4.7 million to low-income rural residents. HUD will convene a housing meeting in early 1999 to address the housing needs identified in Puerto Rico's housing census. These needs can be addressed through Puerto Rico's share of the $250 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) disaster funds approved by Congress in the Omnibus Consolidated and ... [Read More]
Puerto Rico Fact Sheet
Puerto Rico enjoys a highly diversified economy, a strong tourist sector, and good trade relations with the United States, its largest trading partner. D espite mixed current economic indicators, Puerto Rico’s short-term economic outlook looks relatively positive given the strengthening of the U.S. economy, which is expected to grow over 4% this year. T he island’s real gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow 3.3% in 2004 and 2.8% in 2005, and 2.4% over the medium term (2006–10). As consumers take advantage of low interest rates, private consumption has increased. Although unemployment generally remains high, averaging 12.1% in 2003, it fell somewhat, to 10.8%, as of May 2004. Puerto Rico’s foreign trade surplus at the end of 2003 stood at $13.8 billion. Over the past year, high oil prices have had an adverse affect on Puerto Rico's economy and inflation, as the Commonwealth is heavily dependent on oil imports to meet its domestic energy needs, particu ... [Read More]
Puerto Rico in 1898
Between 1869 and 1873, the establishment of a liberal government in Spain led to ample libertiesin the Caribbean, including the rights of Cubans and Puerto Ricans to send representatives to theSpanish Cortes. The liberal reforms extended to the island, to include the status ofDiputación Provincial (making the island a Province of Spain), and paved the way for theestablishment of the first national political parties. While the pro-independence movementremained disbanded and most of its leadership was still in exile, conservative and liberal factionstook over the local political arena, leading to a more open debate on the political status and socialdemands of the times. The conservative faction, mostly represented by "peninsulares",favored a continuation of the status quo that would maintain the local government underhand-picked Captain Generals ruling by decree, and favored slavery, as well as all the privilegesuntil then given to the predominantly Spanish ruling class. ... [Read More]
Membership of the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status
The White House today announced the membership of the President'sTask Force on Puerto Rico's Status. The Task Force seeks to implementthe policy set forth in Executive Order 13183, which is to consider andclarify options for the Commonwealth's future status that are notincompatible with the Constitution and basic laws and policies of theUnited States, toward the end of enabling Puerto Ricans to determinetheir preference among those options. ... To advance this process, the Task Force will assess the currentsituation and outline a framework for moving forward. The Task Forcewill ultimately provide advice and recommendations to the President andthe Congress. ... [Read More]
Equal Justice Magazine - Feature
Yet amidst the vibrant colored picture of the island’s most marketable attributes is a darker reality. Traveling inland into the modest communities where most natives reside reveals a more sobering picture: that of a people struggling with the day-to-day problems of poverty. Despite the rambunctious demeanor of a citizenry always ready for a festival (there are more than 500 a year here), life on the island is no tropical paradise for many of Puerto Rico’s 3.8 million inhabitants. Forty-five percent, or roughly 1.8 million people, live at or below the poverty line. The unemployment rate, which has not dipped below double digits in this millennium, currently hovers above 11 percent. By some estimates, as many as 100,000 Puerto Ricans are homeless, living on the streets and in the island’s cramped shelters. The drastic change in scenery can be an eye-opener for tourists and the small, elite circle of island residents with the disposable income to buy expensive cars, high-end second homes ... [Read More]
Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States
For example, the class 5 area previously shown over the southern High Plainsfrom north of Amarillo, Texas, to extreme southwestern Kansas, has been revisedto class 4 and 3, based on the wind measurements taken at or near 50 m (164ft) at five new sites in this area. In eastern Kansas, an area previouslyassigned class 3 has been up-graded to class 4, reflecting exposed areasin the Flint Hills where several new sites indicate class 4 (and possiblyclass 5) at 50 m (164 ft) above ground. In the Texas coastal area, the class4 area was revised to class 3, based on new data at 30 to 60 m (98 to 164ft) above ground from two sites and a re-analysis of the coastal data previouslyused in the regional assessment. The seasonal analyses in the Texas coastalarea (presented on the national-scale maps) have been revised to show anon-shore maximum in the wind resource in the spring and summer. During theseseasons, the wind resource is estimated to be greater along the inner coastalareas than along the of ... [Read More]
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