The day after, the most important thing was to know your family members were okay. We immediately went to visit them and you could see the look of loss in their eyes, but also hope. The word that struck me most was crisis. It made me feel like there was no escape from a war that we hadn't caused. I thought that the power, the water and the signal were the only things that we were gonna lose for a while, but I feel like we also lost people and the spirit inside them. I know it sounds ridiculous but its the way it feels. In the moments of desperation people had to do what they had to do to save their families. Sometimes this meant going to sleep afraid of armed robbers and bandits looking for something to sell. Gasoline was scarce, ice was scarce, water was scarce and signal was scarce. I realized the state of agony and crisis when my father and brother were in a 10 hour gasoline line waiting and waiting for the owner to come. On top of everything else it was all limited. Even if you got there 3 hours before others you will get the same thing. All people talked about was hope of being better, hope of standing back up again, but to me those words were more depressing than anything. And talking about depressing, the news were horrific and I know thats their job and they did it well but it made me realize more and more how much my people were suffering.
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The Hurricane That Brought Back Old Times
AcakThis story is about hurricane Maria's recent visit to Puerto Rico and the impact it had both on the island and the people. It gives you a direct and personal view of the incident and its result.
