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(114,470 posts)That is why the ones who are on generators could not transfer their critical patients ahead of time. As the LA Governor likewise warned in his statement that I posted previously and again in the link below. What part of that is so hard for you to understand? Really? Hospitals as far as Houston, in other areas of Texas, LA, AR, AL, MI are overloaded with COVID. By the way, if you read your own Kentucky newspapers they have been reporting on overloaded ICUs for weeks now, as has your governor. Tennesse, still dealing from its last horrific flooding is in the direct path of major flooding from IDA--its hospitals are likewise full of COVID, but how you think LA is going to transport its overflow to Memphis, given the state of road, flooding, and all else they have going on now, and get the most critical care within the next 24-36 hours escapes me--via these EMS ambulances. Please expound on this plan.
They haven't even been able to transport overloaded ICU COVID patients PRE-HURRICANE to other overcrowded hospitals in the region. Atlanta hospitals, FL hospitals are likewise at capacity and undergoing frequent temporary diversions or closure to new patients. Even Atlanta's Grady Hospital has had to do so.
As I stated previously...
Since you know more than the Governor of LA, ( https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15798913 ) you can verify this for yourself with the hospitalization data on the NYT website.