The Comfort won't reach PR for another week

[nitpicker]

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2017/09/26/hospital-ship-comfort-heading-to-puerto-rico/

Per the link above, the Comfort was still at Naval Station Norfolk on Tuesday.

Assuming that everything goes right with the 96-hour onload, the soonest the Comfort can deploy is Saturday.

THEN it will take up to 5 days to get there.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Is there a reason why the Comfort was not stocked and ready to go

before Maria struck? It's not exactly like it was a surprise.

[hack89]

6. The ship is manned by a skeleton crew when not active

so it takes about a week to get it ready to get underway. Additionally, the medical staff is not permanently assigned and has to be identified and gathered from all over America. And finally, it has to be restocked with perishable food and medical supplies.

[DURHAM D]

2. Shame

[spanone]

3. it should have been sent out a week ago....shame on trump

[Demsrule86]

4. Thousands will die...they need to ask for help immediately...an airlift is needed too.

[DURHAM D]

5. They have been "asking" for help

for days. The word is out and the situation is well known.

The problem is the WH. They just don't care.

[HAB911]

7. Katrina