Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]G points especially since they had more then 2 days of advance warning jes > John, > I beg to contradict you, that was not a snide remark, far from it. I > have friends and colleagues out there too, mostly evacuated from the > GofM rigs by chopper. > If I hadn't been in hospital last week I might even have been out doing > some bore-hole logging on one of them. > > The news today showed the first military trucks taking people out of the > superdome, I reckon about 20 people per truck at the most.. > There are Marine bases within hours of the area, it would be better news > if THEY were there with more appropriate equipment!! > Those 6x6 trucks can only wade to a max. of about 4 to 5 feet, wheeled > vehicles are at an enormous disadvantage anyway when there is debris > under water. > The smaller trucks they showed have even less wading capacity, the big > APCs are fully amphibious and not limted to roads. > > I always find it absolutely sickening that the military forces around > the world , which have the most advanced rescue and recovery equipment, > are always the last to get to a disaster area. > If my country (the UK) can get an ROV to rescue a few Russian > submariners within 12 hours then how come other equipment can't be > deployed in a disaster area just as fast. > The Coast Guard / Lifeboat service / Helicopter Medics are always there > days before - This is not a US problem this is global, > > This catastrophe is the worst thing I've seen since the Asian Tsunami, > and the slowest total reaction time of the people who have the right > equipment, a standard chopper can only carry > about 10 people at the most, with fallen masts and wires all over the > place they can't even land, and winching people up is so time consuming > that fuel becomes a problem on every operation. > APCs,ARVs (Armoured Recovery Vehicles), Landing Craft, Air Cushion > Vehicles (Hovercraft) are the stuff to get people out. > Military deployment is always fast - why can't they be just as fast here. > > Douglas > > > John Black wrote: > >> >> >> >>>Thank the deity of your choice for that. >>>Why the F### can't the US Marines get their amphibious personnel >>>carriers in there to get people out? >>>They manage to get jnto other peoples countries fast enough without >>>being asked. >>>Douglas >>> >>> >>> >> >>Why can't we just enjoy good news without the snide political remarks >>Douglas... >> >>JB >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information