Closing the Gap in Communication Volume 3 | Page 4

September 30,2008

The past week, Puerto Rico was destroyed cause buy a tropical storm. Dozens of families was affected because of it,
The power was suspended, There was no
water for us to use and for most people
there was no signal in there cell phones.
Other signals were in the way and they
couldn't reach anybody. The consequences where that a lot of families where
affected from different places of Puerto
Rico, the did not have communication.

Houses from all around Puerto Rico were
destroyed, The governor Anibal Acevedo
Vilá visited the places that were affected
the most by the storm and helped in what
he could. During the storm there were people who died by rivers getting out of control
and dragging them out of their safety, The
schools were used as shelters for those
who where in danger in there homes, the
students didn’t have class during the days
of the storm.

The Red Cross gave them
articles in a box which
contained food like rice,
tuna, sauces and other
articles. The families more
affected stood in line with
a list. When they gave
them the box, they left
with a BIG SMILE! and
very thankful.