Biden Sent Hundreds Of Ambulances And Millions Of Meals And Liters Of Water Before Ida Hit

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35. COVID_19... I'm talking ICU beds. BEFORE the storm. They knew it, and are praying

generators hold for those without power. They couldn't evacuate patients because they had nowhere to evaucate them to. Check the hospital capacity data if you doubt it (NYT). I have colleagues in all four most affected states. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html

The Governor earlier:

The governor also said 22 nursing homes and 18 assisted living facilities have been evacuated, though evacuating the largest hospitals was not an option because there simply aren’t other places to send them. Anticipating that power could be out for weeks in places, Edwards said a big focus will be on making sure there is enough generator power and water at hospitals so they can keep up with vital patient needs such as providing oxygen or powering ventilators.

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-hospitals-5f68dc3f11842ad3b2effbc5d202ffb4

also
https://www.wwno.org/news/2021-08-28/hospitals-across-the-gulf-south-brace-for-hurricane-ida-amid-covid-surge

And had you bothered to read my full post, I indicated the hope they have preplanned some field hospitals. ERs will try to see those initial patients but for those requiring hospitalization, they are likely to have big problems.

If we are lucky, most will have safely evacuated and direct storm casualties may be more limited. But we still have COVID-19 surging so, it isn't as though they won't be overwhelmed regardless.