Tens of thousands of young scouts to evacuate world jamboree in South Korea as storm Khanun looms

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — and South Korea will evacuate tens of thousands of scouts by bus from a coastal jamboree site as Tropical Storm Khanun looms, officials said Monday. More than 1,000 vehicles will be used starting Tuesday morning to move 36,000 scouts — mostly teenagers — from the World Scout Jamboree in the southwestern county of Buan, according to Kim Sung-ho, a vice minister at South Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

Most of the scouts, who come from 158 countries, will be accommodated at venues in the capital city, Seoul, and the nearby metropolitan area, he said. Officials were trying to secure spaces at government training centers and education facilities as well as hotels. Kim said it would take six hours or more to evacuate the scouts from the campsite, which organizers said will no longer be used for any event after they leave.

Officials at Camp Humphreys, a major U.S. military base 70 kilometers (45 miles) south of Seoul, did not immediately confirm reports that thousands of scouts from Sweden, Norway and Denmark were to be transferred to its facilities. The base is already accommodating hundreds of American scouts, who were moved over the weekend because of heat concerns as South Korea grapples with one of its hottest summers in years.

The announcement about the evacuations came after the World Organization of the Scout Movement said it called on South Korea to quickly move the scouts from the storm’s path and “provide all necessary resources and support for participants during their stay and until they return to their home countries.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-jamboree-scouts-storm-khanun-3427a308cbca3c573bcffc9d3e0cdc8a

---

This has been a mess, between the heat and now an incoming tropical cyclone.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Then again, given the climate trends, maybe a 'Hurricane Survival' merit badge

would be a worthwhile part of the scouting curriculum.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Well they do have these -

https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/environmental-science/

https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/weather/





https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/emergency-preparedness/





(they should all automatically qualify for those! )

[Deep State Witch]

3. The Son of One of My Friends

Is there. He's Canadian. Never dealt with a full-on tropical event before. I'm glad that the Scout Movement organization is evacuating these kids.

[IbogaProject]

4. emergency-preparedness is one of the Eagle qualified

The silver banded merit badges are Eagle requirements. Over the years they have made a set of alternate Eagle ones, as Lifesaving, Hiking and some others were unable to be earned by some with disabilities. I'm sad the camp out of a lifetime is being altered by these weather catastrophes.

[mopinko]

5. those poor kids.

well, at least they’ll have a helluva story.

[marble falls]

6. It is a credit to South Korea how quicly they devised this plan and how quickly they will have the..

... campsite evacuated.

I'm waiting to hear from the GOP about how this is Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton's fault.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. They had to be prodded to do it though

I think the convoluted path of the typhoon finally triggered them to finally do a mass move.


(above from here - https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230806000125)

Fortunately the U.S. has bases there.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

7. Be Prepared!

Was a scout (for a short time) and a scout father for two sons.

Hope they all stay safe.