SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A week after Hurricane Maria cut across Puerto Rico like a scythe, Noel Cuevas was working at his family’s damaged but still-standing gas station.
Cuevas had been up since well before the crack of dawn, rationing gas and helping armed police maintain order at the station. Now, night had fallen, and because there was no central electric power, almost all of the lights were out. Local residents were getting restless. Panic was in the air
“Can you imagine? Someone waits 10 or 12 hours in line for gas, to fuel their generator, and then they get to the front of the line and they’re told there is no more gas?