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Originally Posted by McGowdog
Yeah well, those pesky facts sure are ugly huh
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What facts? You don't have any facts, just accusations that Trump this and Trump that.
Here are some facts:
Responding Coast Guard cutters:
Coast Guard Cutter Cypress – Homeported in Pensacola, Fla.
Coast Guard Cutter Elm – Homeported in Atlantic Beach, N.C.
Coast Guard Cutter Diligence – Wilmington, N.C.
Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter Forward – Portsmouth, Va.
Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter James – Charleston, S.C.
Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter Venturous – St. Petersburg, Fla.
Coast Guard Cutter Valiant – Jacksonville, Fla.
Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Port update:
The following is a port condition update for the ports in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
♦Guayanilla, Puerto Rico – Open
Exception: Peerless Oil open w/ restrictions – Daylight transit only
♦Tallaboa, Puerto Rico – Open
♦Salinas, Puerto Rico – Open
♦San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit Only
♦Fajardo, Culebra, Vieques – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
♦Guayama, Puerto Rico – Open with restrictions
Tug/barge only
No deep draft vessels
No vessels greater than 500 gross tons
♦St. Thomas, East and West Gregrie Channels, U.S. Virgin Islands – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
VIPA-Homeport Pier Virgin Island Port Authority
VIP A- Sandfill
WAPA – News Station
Tropical Shipping
Crowley
♦Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
♦Red Hook, St. Thomas – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
♦Cruz Bay, St. John – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
♦Limetree Bay, St. Croix – Open with restrictions
Daylight only
Draft less than 45ft
♦Krause Lagoon, St. Croix – Open with restrictions
Daylight only
Draft less than 45ft
♦Frederiksted, St. Croix – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
Critical supplies delivered include: 4 million meals, 6 million liters of water, nearly 300 infant and toddler kits, and 70,000 tarps and 15,000 rolls of roof sheeting. Officials said that 7 million more meals and 4 million liters of water are on the way.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorized FEMA and DoD to install and operate temporary water treatment units to provide clean water in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the DoD conducted medical evacuations for more than 150 patients from the islands to the continental United States. Medical evacuations from the islands will continue.
A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) mobile communications team arrived in Puerto Rico to help improve communications across the storm-impacted area. USCG personnel continue to deliver critical FEMA relief supplies to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) deployed debris experts to assist FEMA with debris management strategies in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands completed a Blue Roof install on Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas and St. Croix.
Additionally, USACE has generators on hand in Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, with more en route.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations personnel are onsite in St. Thomas to evaluate, fix, and install FAA equipment, in support of air traffic control operations.
The National Guard Bureau (NGB) has thousands of Guard members on the ground in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands taking part in security and support operations. The Air National Guard is focused on transporting food, water, and communications capabilities as well as rapidly increasing airlift into affected areas.
Customs and Border Protection airplanes and helicopters are assisting with conducting damage assessment and search and rescue missions.
More than 180 Federal Law Enforcement Officers are in San Juan and the U.S. Virgin Islands supporting search and rescue, medical teams, and other federal responders.
SOURCE: various military, government and news agencies
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