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Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« on: September 27, 2017, 10:34:10 PM »
This is my long time pal Robert Martin, 'Butch' 71 yrs.  You'll know if you run into him.  He posted on FB right before Maria then nothing but currently there's only sat phone service.  Message me if you do... please.


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Re: Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2017, 12:32:23 AM »
Puerto Rico is in really bad shape. Hopefully he's just trying to get the basic necessities in some sort of order. Connecting with the outside world may not possible at the moment. His boat is probably trashed.
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Re: Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2017, 05:07:50 PM »
Whereabouts in PR was he? With internet, phone, power, and roads all out of commission, most people can't communicate any farther than they can walk right now. My aunt and uncle from San Juan had no idea how widespread the devastation had been until they escaped to Atlanta and were finally able to see all the coverage on tv and internet.

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Re: Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2017, 05:09:46 PM »
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Re: Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2017, 05:12:19 PM »
HM:  I intended to pm you on this...pm me the address if there is one.
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Re: Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2017, 05:19:39 PM »
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Re: Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2017, 07:37:12 PM »
HM:  I intended to pm you on this...pm me the address if there is one.

No address.  He lives on his boat.  With Irma, that skirted the N coast, he hid out in this concrete bunker style bathroom with a sat dish on the roof.  Pretty sure near San Juan.  Wherever the small boat harbor is.  Here the pic of the bathroom.  I've posted on FB as well.  No word yet.

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Re: Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2017, 12:24:47 PM »
He finally checked in.  He AND his boat are good, which is very cool.  September has been a rough month all over and October is also off to gnarly start so any good news is uplifting.

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Re: Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2017, 08:30:15 AM »
agreed--glad to hear good news on the human front--precious these days

good on you for looking out for your friend
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Re: Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2017, 08:48:06 AM »
I kept thinking of this every time there was news on Puerto Rico.....glad to hear it ended well.
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Re: Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2017, 09:10:28 AM »
great news.

Amazing his boat made it. I'm so happy for him. Sounds like his boat is his home.

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Re: Looking for a friend that was in Puerto Rico before Maria
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2017, 09:39:48 AM »
Great to hear your friend is safe! Did he say what he did with his boat that we was able to save it?

 


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