Questions to go with the comic produced here https://www.hcri.manchester.ac.uk/research/projects/after-maria/

1. After Maria: Everyday recovery from Disaster
1. Which Caribbean island was hit by Hurricane Maria in September 2017?
The comic follows the residents of Ingenio before, during and after the hurricane.
2. What do they try to do before the Hurricane when they see it on the news?
3. What do Natalia and Felix decide to do?
4. The water rises. What else happens over the next few days as they wait for the
water level to go down?
5. Over the next few weeks, describe the damage that has been done to thousands of
properties around the island
6. How did the local community start to help itself, and who else offered help?
7. Four weeks on from the hurricane, which items started to be in short supply? Who
was most affected by these shortages?

2. 8. What extra problems started to be caused by the garbage and dirty water left after
the hurricane?
9. FEMA is the American Federal Emergency Management Agency. They arrive in
November.
Here is some information from the FEMA website
After landfall, Puerto Rico was left without drinkable running water. Waist-deep
flooding, mudslides and winds powerful enough to uproot the concrete
foundations of power lines and telegraph poles, impacted more than 80 percent
of the Island’s power grid. In addition, the existing infrastructure for mobile
phones and wireless service was rendered virtually useless further hampering
communications. Rebuilding will take years.
More than 16,500 federal employees and 74 voluntary agencies remain focused
on gaining stability in five critical areas that include delivering meals and water
to communities in need, restoring power, maintaining a sound medical support
structure, and protecting property against further damage from wind and rain.
As the months passed, what other problems did the residents have?
How did the lack of electricity affect people?
10. Drone films on the After Maria page:
Watch the first drone film and add in your description of what you can see.

3. 11. Watch the second drone filmand add in your description of the damage to the
house
12. The stress begins to cause arguments between family members. What do they argue
about?
13. Six months later, the electricity comes back. Describe how things start to go back to
normal, but also how the problems keep coming
There are some discussion points on p.27 which you might want to take a look at with your
teacher.