This is an interview with Ruperto Chaparro, Director of
Hurricane Maria: An Interview with Ruperto Chaparro
An interview with Ruperto Chaparro, Director of Puerto Rico Sea Grant, a U.S. government program that funds marine research, education and outreach.
May 12, 2019
This is an interview with Ruperto Chaparro, Director of Puerto Rico Sea Grant, a U.S. government program that funds marine research, education and outreach at the 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting hosted by the Association of Scientists in Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).
“We are a political rarity because we are the oldest colony in the world. Currently, we are in an economic crisis because the government is bankrupt. We are also facing a political crisis. All these crises... came together with [Hurricane] Maria.”
“People expected to only go a week without electricity, but for 6 months… I don’t think disasters, like this, are natural.”
“Waves were measured by the Caricos buoy to be 30-40 feet high.”
“Nature has come back. The capacity of nature to rejuvenate is impressive.”
Drone Footage taken from 2019 ASLO Scientific Conference Plenary Meeting Presentation
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