host: our caller from washington, d.c. -- you are on with vann newkirk. caller: thank you for accepting my call. i'm interested in the six weeks we have been discussing puerto -- the lack ofck help for it. what happened to the listening station where there were rows and rows and rows -- this is an awfully expensive thing for america. yet no one has said anything about it or the condition of those -- what is the condition now? host: -- at "they colleagues to them" reached out after the storm and they were still fulfilling their mission requirements and objectives. that has not changed. it was considered critical infrastructure. they have power. territory,ding surrounding municipalities, they are struggling, especially drinking water. but the observatory is still online. host: you talk about working toward a sustainable future for puerto rico. what does that look like? when i was -- especially in san juan, what i saw was people trying to put together a micro-grid. communities, neighborhoods that reinforcesl power other. maybe you have one place that has a l

host: we are joined by vann newkirk. thank you for joining us today. guest: thanks for having me. you to go toompted puerto rico and do these pieces? guest: