CNN Says Hurricane Maria’s ‘Ghost Hovers Over Everything’ and Fully 60 Percent of St. Croix Does Not Have Electricity

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CHRISTIANSTED — The Cable News Network (CNN) wrote a story about St. Croix “75 days after Maria” on Sunday saying that at least 60 percent of the island still does not have electricity following the hurricane that struck Sept. 19-20.

“Power remains out for more than 60% of the territory. On St. Croix, the largest of the islands, only about a fourth of residents — known as Crucians — have electricity,” CNN reported. “Many homes still have no roofs. Cell networks are spotty.”

CNN says for many residents “the new normal” means brewing coffee on the stove with propane gas because coffee makers won’t work without electricity, that people go to be at night to the rumble of diesel generators — and that nothing before the storm or after the storm is the same.

“Heavy traffic isn’t a problem like it was during the weeks right after Maria, when the islands’ governor imposed curfews to allow emergency crews and utility workers to do their jobs without interruptions,” CNN reports. “But (Tarik McMillan)’s careful. Many stoplights still aren’t working. And some drivers play “chicken” with each other at intersections to see who’ll go first.”

The article goes to say that many people got reacquainted with their neighborhoods after Maria, because there was nothing to do so many people took their dogs for walks and got to see their neighborhoods with fresh eyes.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/03/us/us-virgin-islands-maria-recovery-trnd/index.html

John McCarthy