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that of downed trees – in some

areas most were felled onto roads or broken in half. Some

flooded roads were impossible

to traverse. There were also many downed power lines – so

many that all of Puerto Rico

was blacked out. The state power company urged retirees to

report to work and asked for

help from private contractors. Damage to the power grid

alone was estimated at $60

million. In the east coast town of Humacao, 4 feet of water

surged into the municipal

government building. The police headquarters in the central

city of Caguas was

destroyed. In the southern city of Ponce, which suffered

some of the worst winds and

rain, damage totaled $50 million. Damage was expected to

far exceed that of Hurricane

Hugo in 1989, which crossed only the northeast corner of

the island and paralyzed San

Juan for weeks. The home of Paula Aponte Figueroa had its

roof blown off and deposited

on top of the house of her neighbor, Pedrom Juan Morales.

It even stripped the paneling

off the walls inside Aponte’s wooden home in San Juan’s

Hato Rey section.”This thing

was a monster,” said Morales, who lost part of his roof

and suffered flood damage. ”Hugo

was a little breeze compared to this.”

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