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5/8/2019
Hurricane Irma’s
Economical Impact
By: Tiffany Martinez
Puerto Rico was such a beautiful island. In most areas it still maintained beautiful, but a
lot of places such as where my family is from the hurricanes destroyed it. All of my family are
from Puerto Rico. A lot of them came to the United States because the economy was bad there,
even before the hurricane. My parents live here with me in Texas and my grandparents in New
York. A lot of my aunts, uncles, and cousins all still live in Puerto Rico. I will never forget the
first day of the storm. Hurricane Harvey not only hit us hard here in Texas, but in Puerto Rico
worse. I tried to get a hold of my family just to make sure that they were ok. Every time my mom
or I tried to call, the phone acted like there was no service it would just beep. We tried a different
family member to see if just maybe it was their phone, but their phone as well seemed like it was
out of signal. We turned on the news and they basically said that Puerto Rico has gone under.
The communication line was knocked out. There was no internet, no phones, and worst of all no
