Hurricane skirts Puerto Rico...(Puerto Rico Spared Direct Hit) NBC News.

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-irma/hurricane-irma-skirts-puerto-rico-lashing-it-powerful-winds-flooding-n799086

This exert is half way down the article (maybe 10-12 paragraphs down from top of story)
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Ricardo Ramos, chief executive of the island's electric utility, said about two-thirds of the island's electric customers — more than 1 million — were without power late Wednesday. More than 56,000 people were without potable water.

Still, because Puerto Rico was spared a direct hit, Rosselló said more than 40 percent of the island's hospitals were still operating thanks to generators. The British Virgin Islands, just east of Puerto Rico, saw extensive damage and was sending some of its injured to two Puerto Rico hospitals, the governor added.

"Puerto Rico escaped. It could have been far worse, they really escaped the brunt," President Donald Trump said from the White House later Thursday. Trump had approved an emergency declaration for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, allowing the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies to remove debris and give other services that will largely be paid for by the U.S. government.

Charlyn Gaztambide Janer, who lives in the San Juan suburb of Guaynabo, told NBC News that while power was out "this is a lot better than it was predicted to be."