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Tom Rinaldo

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4. It needs to be the equivalent of war time footing

Reply to hack89 (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 27, 2017, 02:51 PM

Sep 2017

It's true I don't know all the details. I never doubted that our military would be present and doing incredible work relative to the size of their deployment. It is the scale of the deployment I'm concerned over. Things will spiral out of control very quickly without food, water, relief from overbearing heat and the lack of fuel to run generators and operational medical facilities. A massive effort is needed, the type our military is capable of in time of war..

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If Cuba had attacked Puerto Rico with 1000 soldiers [View all] Tom Rinaldo Sep 2017 OP

You do know that the Navy and Marines have a flotilla off of Puerto Rico? hack89 Sep 2017 #1

:thumbsup: Orrex Sep 2017 #2

It needs to be the equivalent of war time footing Tom Rinaldo Sep 2017 #4

In the first six days after the hurricane made landfall here, the Navy had deployed just three ships Tom Rinaldo Sep 2017 #7

The ports are no longer the issue the gov and FEMA are reporting lack of drivers uponit7771 Sep 2017 #11

US put close to 10,000 tons of supplies into Berlin every day for three months via air. LanternWaste Sep 2017 #3

Berlin had power and working airports. hack89 Sep 2017 #5

I've seen additional reporting and no, it isn't just ports that need reopening etc. Tom Rinaldo Sep 2017 #6

Cholera maxsolomon Sep 2017 #8

The only question is the degree of the failure Tom Rinaldo Sep 2017 #9

But that's nuanced - and Uninformed Voters don't do nuance. maxsolomon Sep 2017 #10