Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of

[Brooks Bridges <brooks () firestormnetworks net>]

It's also quite possible that many of the roads are perfectly passable 
by a 5000 to 7500# car however aren't cleared enough or stable enough 
for a 60,000 to 80,000# tractor-trailer.

On 10/1/2017 10:38 PM, valdis.kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Oct 2017 22:09:55 -0500, Jason Baugher said:
> > The more I read about this, the more disturbed I get. On the one hand, we
> > keep hearing that the trucks aren't moving because roads are impassable.
> > Then I read that government officials are driving from their remote areas
> > to San Juan to ask why no aid is coming, disputing the claims about the
> > roads.
> It's quite possible for both to be true.  The fact that some government
> officials are able to make it to San Juan isn't proof that nobody on the
> island is stuck behind an impassable road.