'You Have To Try': Puerto Ricans, Without Power, Find Ways Forward
Hurricane Maria knocked out power across the entire island, and many areas lack running water. Doing laundry, turning on the lights, eating dinner: Everyday life has become a constant challenge.
by Camila Domonoske
Sep 25, 2017
2 minutes
Outside of his little business on the side of the road in a small town in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Santiago Quiñones adjusts a small solar panel.
It's charging a floodlight, to illuminate the cramped space at night. He takes it down and demonstrates how it works. "You can't see right now because it's daylight, but it's already charged," he says in Spanish.
Like everyone else in Puerto Rico, 73-year-old
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