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You're listening to Radio Atlantic. I'm Claudine Abade.

More than two weeks ago, Hurricane Fiona hit the island of Puerto Rico.

This week, President Biden visited the Commonwealth pledging money and promising to restore the island's fragile power grid.

Many Puerto Ricans have yet to recover from Hurricane Maria, which hit five years ago.

Calling into question, how quickly recovery can actually happen?

Shakira Diaz writes for the Atlantic. Her most recent article is Puerto Rico needs independence, not statehood, and she joins us today on Radio Atlantic.

Shakira, thanks for talking with us.

Thank you so much for having me on the show.

You know, Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico more than two weeks ago.

Shakira, you flew in there shortly after, so tell me a little bit about what you saw.

One of the reasons why I flew into Puerto Rico right after Hurricane Fiona is because I have family there, and during Hurricane Maria,

we lost touch with a lot of our family, but especially my uncle, who lives now in Jabogawa and who is older.

We didn't hear anything about him for weeks and weeks, and I just thought this time I can't just sit around and wait for him to get in touch.

And so I'm just going to get on a flight and go and try to help and, you know, take care of my family.

You know, during Hurricane Maria, I felt so helpless watching everything on the news from the States.

And I also did not know whether or not the help like boxes of supplies that I was sending were actually going to get to my people.

And so I thought I'm just going to go. I flew in the Thursday after Hurricane Fiona.

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