http://www.arrl.org/news/american-red-cross-asks-arrl-s-assistance-with-puerto-rico-relief-effort
Red Cross Asks For 50 Ham Radio Operators To Fly To Puerto Rico On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 10:29 PM, Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: > (I'm trimming the excess replies as those are getting out of control) > > MarineTraffic shows very few ships around the island. Either that is because > most of the AIS radio receiving stations on Puerto Rico are damaged / > offline (still possible), or because no ships are going there until the > ports are fixed/cleared. > > https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-66.5/centery:18.2/zoom:9 > > On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 9:09 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> there is nowhere to park the boats Jaime. That's the problem. there are >> boats sitting in the ocean with nowhere to park. its not even just lack of >> docks, there is debris in the water, sunk or disabled ships in the few areas >> accessible are a real risk. We are all looking at this through landlocked >> eyes where theres always tons of options. The military is leading >> operations, but theyre not physics magicians. 3 million people is a lot of >> supplies, just in drinking water alone. then distribution if you do get it >> to land. what do you send, and in what order when the fuel is running out? a >> bunch of delivery trucks? so they fill the lots cause they don't have fuel? >> food? with nothing to transport it cause the roads are damaged or >> impassable? They don't even have the chainsaws, there was a whole article >> about that, not enough chainsaws. A tree falls in my neighborhood, there are >> ten chainsaws within 10 minutes onsite cutting because theres 5-10 chainsaws >> per city block in garages. >> >> this is a new logistics nightmare with 24/7 nonstop negative media >> coverage on top of it >> >> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 8:59 PM, Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Just saw and heard the mayor of San Juan... We need our military to >>> deploy immediately to assist...they are trained and have logistics >>> expertise...cruise liners could take a shitload of supplies them...damn we >>> are the most powerful country and we are dropping the ball. >>> >
