Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed - our blokes were off the rigs before Big-K even got close, and rigs cost big dollars to run. Douglas animal wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >