On a busy road bridge, which runs across the Bay of San Juan in Puerto Rico, you can see a huge number of cars on the roadside. Many residents of the island came here with the phone in hand to «catch» very rare mobile network.
A week later after the strongest over the 90 years of hurricane Maria reached shore, knocking out electricity, 91% of cell towers on the island are in working condition. Search network is for Puerto Ricans in this treasure hunt.
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A resident of San Juan, a 28-year-old Stephanie Trigo, was one of those who was leaning against the concrete guardrail on the bridge 17. «At least now we can find a connection in some places. At night when we are home, we have no means of communication,» she told Reuters.
Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino has become such an oasis in the desert of telecommunications. On Wednesday, the Puerto Ricans and tourists filled the lobby of the hotel, uniting around the network sockets and using adapters and extension cords. Some of them for the first time since the hurricane struck have been able to call or get online. According to Reuters, even adults could not hold back tears when they were able to communicate with the outside world.
As it became known, faults in Puerto Rico is much worse than in Texas and Floridawho were victims of hurricanes Irma and Harvey. Mobile communication in these two States was almost completely recovered in a week after the release of the elements on the shore.
We will remind, on Monday at the main airport of the capital of San Juan, people lined up in long queues waiting for your flight. To escape at least a little from the heat, some use fans or dispersed the air with pieces of cardboard. Mother poured water on his sweaty head babies.
