Rita cometh!
Here we go again ,and the Gulf States wait to see the final track of hurricane "Rita"
There is a high state of anticipation here in Montgomery, more and more people are here, but the Red Cross is not deploying now till after the storm.
There are rows and rows of trucks - hundreds, many preloaded and the warehouse areas bulging with stuff ready to be loaded, there are 53 foot Red Cross "Kitchen" semis and state of the art communications trucks all ready to go.
The ERV's are ready too (emergency response vehicles). Now that we have been assigned to own ERV we spent the most of the day yesterday cleaning it and getting it ready to go. Our ERV comes from from the Red Cross Chapter in Topeka Kansas - we'll try to keep good care of it for them.
Some buddies of ours who were deployed to the Pascagoula (sp )area right at the coast, have been pulled back from the Baptist Church where they were based, to higher ground away from the coast.
There is a degree of frustration here because many of us want to get out
and do something, but we have to wait till this new storm goes through.
I've been fortunate enough to be housed in a hotel - there are many on cots in the staff shelter, and there are no spare hotel rooms in Montgomery. Last night we had 60 army vehicles and their crews here at the hotel enroute to somewhere. They just left in convoy - a great sight, and impressive.
Must go
Peter
There is a high state of anticipation here in Montgomery, more and more people are here, but the Red Cross is not deploying now till after the storm.
There are rows and rows of trucks - hundreds, many preloaded and the warehouse areas bulging with stuff ready to be loaded, there are 53 foot Red Cross "Kitchen" semis and state of the art communications trucks all ready to go.
The ERV's are ready too (emergency response vehicles). Now that we have been assigned to own ERV we spent the most of the day yesterday cleaning it and getting it ready to go. Our ERV comes from from the Red Cross Chapter in Topeka Kansas - we'll try to keep good care of it for them.
Some buddies of ours who were deployed to the Pascagoula (sp )area right at the coast, have been pulled back from the Baptist Church where they were based, to higher ground away from the coast.
There is a degree of frustration here because many of us want to get out
and do something, but we have to wait till this new storm goes through.
I've been fortunate enough to be housed in a hotel - there are many on cots in the staff shelter, and there are no spare hotel rooms in Montgomery. Last night we had 60 army vehicles and their crews here at the hotel enroute to somewhere. They just left in convoy - a great sight, and impressive.
Must go
Peter
posted by Peter at 7:43 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Peter.
I sign onto your blog evey time I get onto the www. Marlies & I wish you well. Do you see any of our esteemed US FEMA staff there? Hopefully, they should have many times the resources the the Red Cross has. I hope they use some of them THIS TIME.
Maybe its time for another tax cut for the wealthy. That's GWB's answer to everything. Isn't it??
Stay safe, dry and warm. You too, Jean. Hope YOU are well in N.H. too.
Mel
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