Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Former President Bill Clinton is personally handing out medical supplies and solar panels to produce energy.

November 21, 2017
By Harriet Agerholm

Former US president Bill Clinton (click here) has arrived in Puerto Rico to meet with residents as the island recovers from Hurricane Maria.

He arrived with medical supplies and solar energy equipment donated by the Clinton Foundation, which had already transported 76 tonnes of medicine and medical equipment since the storm hit on 20 September.

Mr Clinton also visited health clinics and the island's largest shelter with Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello....

Former President Clinton is not alone; Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg went to the Virgin Islands.

There are such things as portable solar panels, too. (click here)


November 21, 2017
By Fredreka Schouten

Washington — Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, (click here) a billionaire known for his activism on climate change and gun safety, said he had no grand scheme to become involved in hurricane recovery in the Caribbean.

But what started off as an effort to provide quick emergency assistance in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where his Bloomberg L.P., co-founder Tom Secunda has a home, has turned into new kind of project for Bloomberg and his key aides, putting them at Ground Zero of efforts to rebuild the tiny U.S. territory.

And there's a chance it could grow into a Bloomberg specialty as coastal communities and islands like these cope with increasingly extreme weather.

A team of five Bloomberg aides, many with Hurricane Sandy experience, have embedded themselves with Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp and other key local officials, providing behind-the-scenes guidance on everything from electricity restoration to negotiating additional money from Federal Emergency Management Agency for housing assistance....