Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of August, 2017: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, spread of disease and extreme weather.
Hurricane Harvey slamming Texas and Louisiana. Texas getting […] Continue Reading…
HARVEY: KENTUCKY MILITIA DEPLOYS TO TEXAS!
San Antonio based 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, USMC Reserve deployed to help rescue operations during the ongoing storm known as Harvey.
HARVEY: LOUISIANA MARINES DEPLOY!
During the weekend (26-27 AUG 2017) that Hurricane Harvey made first landfall, Border Patrol (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) personnel at Port of New Orleans cleared almost 12-thousand passengers from three cruise ships diverted from Galveston, Texas, due to the hurricane.
HARVEY: DRAMATIC BORDER PATROL RESCUE VIDS!
“Being ready and in place is as important as any training that we do, and our engagements at Parish level are absolutely critical. In anticipation of the storm’s track, we continue prepositioning equipment and vehicles in potentially affected areas as well as responding to the immediate needs of today.”-Major General Glenn H. Curtis
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Weather training for the U.S. Air Force is being sped up with new segmented (“blended”) courses using internet, computers and in-house classes.
Georgia National Guard’s 165th Airlift Wing took-off for Texas, 29 AUG 2017:
Rockport aftermath part 1, in this long video note how few ground vehicles are on the roads:
Victoria, Texas, 26 AUG 2017Texas Guard boat rescue ops:
Rockport aftermath part 2:
Harvey blows away National Guard armory street sign in Victoria, […] Continue Reading…
Video, part 1 of Border Patrol UH-60 BlackHawk crew rescue of people caught in flood:
Part 2:
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Approximately 12-thousand Texas Guard personnel activated by Texas gov’na Greg Abbott.
Loading up a National Guard C-130 Hercules at ‘safe haven’ Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base Cargo and rescue personnel waiting for take-offTexas Guard C-130H Hercules on the ramp at Naval Air Station […] Continue Reading…