Alabama Power Experts Spend Holidays Helping With Puerto Rico Recovery
By Michael Sznajderman
It’s been an arduous, frustrating journey for the people of Puerto Rico, still recovering from Hurricane Maria. More than three months after the monster storm struck the island, thousands remain without electric service.
But members of the Alabama Power team working in Puerto Rico for the past two weeks say they’ve been treated warmly by everyone they encounter.
“People here are nothing but grateful, kind and considerate. They have been so welcoming to us,” Mark Stacks, a power delivery manager in Alabama Power’s Birmingham Division, said during a brief phone call from the western region of Mayaguez. Cellphone service on the island is still spotty, so Stacks spoke fast.“When you see the devastation here, it just puts it in perspective,” Stacks said.
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