Hurricane Maria

6 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 8, 2022 by Stephen Lacey · said 2 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Everything said about Hurricane Maria, oldest first

Jun 8, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Hurricane Maria caused the longest electricity blackout in US history
“The blackout in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria was the longest in U.S. History.”
Stephen Lacey Jun 8, 2022 ▶ 6:17 The tension over Puerto Rico’s energy future
Jun 8, 2022 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Puerto Rico took nearly one year to fully restore electricity post-Maria
“It took two months to restore power to half the island's three million residents, and nearly one year to fully restore power.”
Stephen Lacey Jun 8, 2022 ▶ 6:22 The tension over Puerto Rico’s energy future
Jun 8, 2022
Assertion Supported
Army Corps estimated Hurricane Maria compromised 80% of Puerto Rico's grid
“The Army Corps of Engineers, which led the reconstruction effort after Maria, estimated that 80% of the grid was damaged, destroyed, or otherwise compromised by the storm.”
Maria Gallucci Jun 8, 2022 ▶ 1:15 The tension over Puerto Rico’s energy future
Sep 29, 2022 negative
Opinion
Gallucci: Puerto Rico's Hurricane Fiona Grid Collapse Was Preventable
“My sense is that, yes, it was preventable, especially because Hurricane Fiona was a Category One hurricane, and Hurricane Maria, when it approached the island, it was Category Five, which is the strongest level of hurricane-force winds, and when it made landfa…”
Maria Gallucci Sep 29, 2022 ▶ 3:33 Puerto Rico’s preventable grid disaster
Sep 29, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Gallucci: Guánica fire station kept power throughout Hurricane Fiona via solar-plus-storage
“There's a fire station that I visited in Guanica, which is on the southern coast, and kind of briefly over text message, you know, they're responding to the disaster, but they said, yes, we never lost power at all during the hurricane. And in previous emergenc…”
Maria Gallucci Sep 29, 2022 ▶ 5:17 Puerto Rico’s preventable grid disaster
Sep 29, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Gallucci: Puerto Rico's rooftop solar installations grew tenfold since Hurricane Maria
“So before Hurricane Maria hit in 2017, there were roughly 5000 rooftop solar systems on the island, and very few of them had battery backup systems. Today, the number is around 50, 55,000 solar systems, and the majority have batteries, and that's largely becau…”
Maria Gallucci Sep 29, 2022 ▶ 6:28 Puerto Rico’s preventable grid disaster
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