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Despair over devastation. We need help.
"We need mental health resources on the ground in Puerto Rico. "
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"Diasaster Fatigue" seems to be settling in for "mainlanders", just when help may be most needed on the islands...
It can be hard for us outsiders to battle "disaster fatigue." Still, 21 days after the disaster, which was well predicted 10 days before that (a month ago, in total) -- and we can not figure it out? People are still waiting in line hours: "What I got was 3 bottles of water and 4 cans of Pringles." Most with no sanitation, no power, no running water, no cell communication, one thousand, five-hundred roads out -- "What are you going to do today, t.o.d.a.y.?" is never answered.
Speaking for my own relatives and neighbors, unable (still) to connect to other relatives on the island. It is hard.
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CLICK Here for Washington Post narrative on mental health, post María.
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Route 10, Utuado, Puerto Rico. Vox Media Updated by
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Darieliz Michelle Lopez, her 3-year-old daughter and 20-month-old son sit for a portrait on a sofa where her apartment no longer stands in San Isidro, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 28, 2017. Andres Kudacki for TIME
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