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(7,107 posts) Thu Sep 28, 2017, 07:16 AM Sep 2017

An encouraging Facebook post from one of my pilot friends today [View all]

7 hrs · Miami · Traveling to San Juan, Puerto Rico from Miami International Airport - MIA.

Really proud that my company, Air Transport International, is getting to be one of the first on the ground, bringing relief supplies to Puerto Rico. The flight today showed scattered power back on, some of the highways open, (and crowded!) and people just trying to get back to normal. We're doing 2-3 flights a day with the 767. Max takeoff weight with food and water. I'll be doing this all week. Will try to get some pictures if I can. Keep some good thoughts. They need a lot of help, but a lot of people are bringing it!

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An encouraging Facebook post from one of my pilot friends today [View all] FLPanhandle Sep 2017 OP

As per the news last night, ginnyinWI Sep 2017 #1

And even if they could get the drivers and the gas, JayhawkSD Sep 2017 #2

What an incredible insult Tribalceltic Sep 2017 #14

Oh god. Not the Comfort again. nt B2G Sep 2017 #20

No you are right, Not the Comfort Tribalceltic Sep 2017 #22

Yes. But we use what we have right now. B2G Sep 2017 #24

Seems like bulldozers, heavy equip. operators, drivers and dump trucks to clear the roads... brush Sep 2017 #26

Especially when it's directed at posters who LanternWaste Sep 2017 #23

US Gov't, POTUS should have had troops prepped and ready to move into PR once storm passed. Fla Dem Sep 2017 #4

Right. Houston was pretty much "operable", not perfectly, in two days, and they're under sea level. George II Sep 2017 #10

uhhh Lurker Deluxe Sep 2017 #34

Good of Hillary to prod him. maddiemom Sep 2017 #13

Two died in hospital two days ago because the generators Ilsa Sep 2017 #32

They're still operating? mountain grammy Sep 2017 #3

ATI is doing well FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #5

Terrific. There are a lot of people and supplies on that island now, and Hortensis Sep 2017 #6

He doesn't want Dems to see the continuing tragedy his incompetence has resulted in. brush Sep 2017 #27

His own callous attempts to not act, yes, his attempt to spin PR and USVI as Hortensis Sep 2017 #28

trump put no emphasis on PR at all. Any other pres., except maybe W, would've... brush Sep 2017 #29

So? Rump ordered relief agencies to act but is not in charge of deployment and distribution. Hortensis Sep 2017 #30

All I'm saying is a president has the bully pulpit that can be a huge help to the agencies... brush Sep 2017 #33

Yes, he runs the agencies and could have done more, far faster. Of course. Hortensis Sep 2017 #37

Oh please, he's directly responsible. Period. druidity33 Sep 2017 #38

Lol. How? By pushing a truck for which the fuel is in a ship waiting to berth? Hortensis Sep 2017 #39

Oh so forgiving of Trump.... druidity33 Sep 2017 #40

No. But this is the end. Hortensis Sep 2017 #41

That's... sufficiently vague. nt. druidity33 Sep 2017 #42

Nice to see. TNNurse Sep 2017 #7

The DoD didn't plan to use it because the ports in Puerto Rico are borked. AtheistCrusader Sep 2017 #9

Please excuse my ignorance, what does the word "borked" mean??? TNNurse Sep 2017 #15

Broken AtheistCrusader Sep 2017 #16

Thanks . TNNurse Sep 2017 #17

Yeah, it's a more recent usage/term. Urban Dictionary has it. AtheistCrusader Sep 2017 #18

Would you please post that as an OP? B2G Sep 2017 #21

With the road blocked as they are someone should air drop supplies. Ligyron Sep 2017 #8

The Coast Guard and Ntnl Guard staged a lot of helicopters into Puerto Rico prior to the storm. AtheistCrusader Sep 2017 #11

I love this! lark Sep 2017 #12

Another update: FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #19

"Right on the ramp." this is what I'm getting from MSNBC coverage is there are little to no distribu uponit7771 Sep 2017 #25

767? My main man! Blue_Tires Sep 2017 #31

And here I was lead to believe no planes babylonsister Sep 2017 #35

Thanks for this malaise Sep 2017 #36