JUST IN: Puerto Rico and Irma Hurricane

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JUST IN:

Hurricane Irma
A JW  Brother from Puerto Rico:
Thanks to the Lord here in Puerto Rico we barely had the impact of the storm. But let me tell you what situation we are with only estimated winds of 90-95 mph. We are without energy / water on 90 % of the island. We have big old trees ripped from their roots. There are places underwater and it's still raining. There are roads closed by water, or fallen trees or cables everywhere. And again, we barely had any winds.

We have seen images (via phones) of Barbuda, st. St. Maarten. Thomas, and the situation is worse there. This week was I guess we started our visit to co, and also, a great construction work of our kh by ldc. The Co's visit was suspended, construction work is now pending, because they may need the ldc brothers to move to that island for disaster relief.

We thank Jehovah for our great brotherhood who is praying for us. And here we are praying for our brothers and sisters on those islands that may need our help.

Our brothers on Irma's path, listen to the instructions of the elders. Listen to the authorities. He doesn't think this can affect him. Save your life.

May Jehovah bless you all. I'm gonna try to publish sooner.

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THEY SAY THIS STORM IS WORSE THAN KATRINA AND HARVEY!!!! ...NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of Hurricane Irma at 10:35 a.m. local time on September 6, 2017.NASA Earth Observatory

Hurricane Irma has already left hundreds of thousands of residents of Puerto Rico without electricity hours before the worst of the storm is expected to hit.

Nearly 300,000 people were already without power by Wednesday afternoon, The New York Times reported. About 4,000 were without water because the electricity was out.

The Miami Herald reported that parts of the island could be without power for four to six months.

At 4 p.m. on Wednesday the eye of the storm was still about 70 miles northeast of San Juan, but the island was already feeling the storm's tropical forces.

The National Hurricane Center's forecast Wednesday afternoon predicted that the Category 5 storm would start pounding Puerto Rico within hours, passing by the island's northern coast.

Just after 3 p.m. local time, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello reported about 2,800 people and 230 pets were already taking refuge in shelters after evacuating.

Hurricane Irma

Waves crash against the seawall as Hurricane Irma slammed across islands in the northern Caribbean on Wednesday, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico September 6, 2017.REUTERS/Alvin Baez

Ricardo Ramos, director of the Puerto Rico's sole power company, PREPA, told local radio station NotiUno on Tuesday that some residents could have their power restored in as soon as a week, while for others it could take months.

Part of the problem is the island's debt crisis and crumbling infrastructure. PREPA, a government-owned utility, defaulted on nearly $9 billion in debt in July, NPR reported. "The dangerousness of this event is like nothing we've ever seen," the Rossello said. "A lot of infrastructure won't be able to withstand this kind of force." He urged residents in the path of the storm to evacuate, and President Donald Trump declared a federal emergency in Puerto Rico to free up federal resources.

[Queen Esther]

I  SAW  IN  MY  GERMAN  TV  BEFORE  SOME  HOURS.......   NO  NEWS !

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25 minutes ago, Queen Esther said:

I  SAW  IN  MY  GERMAN  TV  BEFORE  SOME  HOURS.......   NO  NEWS !

@Queen Esther

Read on our JW Brothers. 

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[Queen Esther]

I  better  read  on  jw.org  &  the  actual  news  on  our  Broadcasting,  thats  the  truth.  NOT  the  "yellow press" The Miami Herald   or   The New York Times....     I  don't  believe  that  all.

Did  you  hear  the  very  new  4  END-TIME  TALKS  OF  OUR  ANOINTED  BROTHER'S ?

Brother  S. HERD,  Gerrit  LÖSCH,  etc.  -  fantastic  for  us  JW.   Every  talk  is  different  &  precious !

[Julie Bayley]

@Queen Esther  - Where can we hear those talks?  Greetings from England BTW

Last October's AGM talks in the afternoon by members of the Governing Body were very encouraging following on from the 2016 district convention programme.

Surely the Great Tribulation can't be far away now there are natural disasters/terrorist attacks etc on a daily basis...it's absolutely mad I'm minded of Satan's actions towards Job - it was Satan & the demons who bought the natural disasters upon Job & his family that caused him to lose everything. Will we learn that they are also responsible for these terrible natural disasters as well as wars, terrorist acts etc going on?

I do wonder.........