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Economics of Disaster

Meet the man bringing power back to Puerto Rico

by Lizzie O'Leary
Dec 1, 2017
"It just is one of the most challenging missions that we've really faced."
Col. John Lloyd, who leads the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mission to restore power to Puerto Rico, stands in front of the strategy map highlighting key transmission lines. "It just is one of the most challenging missions that we've really faced,” he told us.
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Weather Economy

The Army Corps of Engineers is tasked with turning the lights back on in Puerto Rico

by Ryan Kailath
Oct 20, 2017
The mission: Put things back the way they were, including 62,000 telephone poles.
A car drives under tilted power line poles in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Humacao, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 2.
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