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Harvey: What happens to your pets?

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Texas Army National Guard rescue flood victim’s dog in Orange, Texas. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Carl Greenwell, 04SEP2017.

U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety Security Team San Francisco rescues a puppy in the Port Arthur area of Texas. USCG photo by Petty Officer Third Class Valerie Higdon, 01SEP2017.

USCG Sector Lower Mississippi River joins with Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. USCG photo by Petty Officer Third Class Brandon, 02SEP2017.

Video, Darlene Chandler of Harris County Precinct One Constable’s Office praises U.S. Coast Guard’s efforts to save pets and livestock:

Livestock trapped on a sliver of dry land, U.S. Army photo by Specialist Dustin D. Biven, 03SEP2017.

Video, Alabama National Guard drops hay to stranded Texas livestock:

U.S. Customs & Border Patrol rescued pets in Rockport, Texas. USCBP photo by Glenn Fawcett, 27AUG2017.

USCG sailor with Maritime Safety Security Team Seattle rescues a dog in the Beaumont area of Texas. USCG photo by Petty Officer Third Class Valerie Higdon, 01SEP2017.

Cypress Creek, Texas. Texas Army National Guard photo by Captain Martha Nigrelle, 28AUG2017.

WORLD ANIMAL DAY: EVER WONDER WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PETS DURING WAR? IT AIN’T PRETTY!

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Harvey: Royal Canadian Air Force joins rescue ops!

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RCAF CC-130J Hercules at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Kelly Field, Texas, 03SEP2017

The British empire’s (Commonwealth of Nations, aka The Commonwealth) Royal Canadian Air Force (also a member of NATO) delivered supplies to Texas.   Official USAF video report:

SHHH, DON’T “CROSSTELL”, BUT U.S. AIR MILITIA UNITS & CANADA PREPPING FOR TFR EMERGENCY!

MARYLAND MILITIA SPENDS MEMORIAL WEEKEND RESCUING PILOTS IN CANADA!

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Harvey: Beaumont catastrophe

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“…it’s horrific. I have lived here my whole life. I have been a cop for my whole adult life and I have never seen anything like this.”-James Singletary, Beaumont police chief, PBS Newshour interview 04SEP2017

Video Beaumont rail yard flyover, 02 SEP 2017:

“There were at least 150 adults and 1-hundred kids, along with 15 animals. That was the first day. The other vehicles were only able to carry three people at a time, and ours could transport twenty-five to thirty people at a time.”-Sergeant Ronald Allen, U.S. Army reserve

Texas Army & Air National Guard set up a field hospital in the parking lot of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Beaumont, due to the hospital being damaged by Harvey

By 02 SEP 2017 U.S. Army Reserve personnel assisted in more than 7-hundred evacuations of people, 170 pets, and transported more than 1-hundred emergency personnel to critical locations.

Texas Militia personnel hand out MRE (Meal Ready Eat) to flood victims in Beaumont, 03SEP2017

As of 04 SEP 2017 at least 3-thousand flooded Beaumont homes are still inaccessible.  Video of Texas National Guard searching Beaumont’s flooded neighborhoods, 03 SEP 2017:

U.S. Army and Navy personnel load-up a MH-60S SeaHawk with drinking water for Beaumont, 03SEP2017

Due to the unprecedented flooding, and the failure of Beaumont’s fresh water pumps, there is no drinkable water.  Video of Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook loaded with volunteers delivering 49 U.S. tons of fresh water (supposedly donated by an “anonymous billionaire”) to Beaumont, 02 SEP 2017:

U.S. Coast Guard C-130 Hercules, from North Carolina, delivering drinking water for Beaumont, 03SEP2017

“We got the call to come over to east Texas, into Beaumont, Lumberton and Port Arthur areas. So we’ve been doing humanitarian missions, going out with the swift water rescue survival team and finding areas that traditional military vehicles cannot get in and out of. The amphibious assault vehicles help us get to those areas.”-Gunnery Sergeant Alan Daigle, USMC Reserve

Marines rescued almost 1-thousand-3-hundred people and countless pets/livestock from the affected areas.

U.S. marines confer with mayor of Rosehill Acres, a town just north of Beaumont

Video of USMC Reserve operation to deliver supplies to Red Cross warehouse in Beaumont:

BlackHawk flies over Beaumont, Texas, 03SEP2017

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Harvey: video Rockport aftermath & more Texas Militia disaster ops!

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Rockport aftermath part 1, in this long video note how few ground vehicles are on the roads:

Victoria, Texas, 26 AUG 2017

Texas Guard boat rescue ops:

Rockport aftermath part 2:

Harvey blows away National Guard armory street sign in Victoria, 26 AUG 2017

Video, night rescue ops:

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Harvey: Dramatic Border Patrol rescue vids!

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Clearing fallen trees in Rockport

Even snakes are trying to get outta Rockport

28 AUG 2017, Houston area

Saving ‘mans best friend’

Video, part 1 of Border Patrol UH-60 BlackHawk crew rescue of people caught in flood:

Part 2:

Video, Border Patrol BlackHawk hoist rescues:

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Harvey: Arkansas, Oregon & South Carolina Militias deploy!

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Arkansas National Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing C-130H Hercules picked up Oregon National Guard’s 125th Special Tactic Squadron and 304th Rescue Squadron personnel, heading for Texas.

Video, Oregon National Guard’s 125th Special Tactics Squadron deployed 29 AUG 2017:

Video, South Carolina National Guard’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (HART) deployed for Texas:

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Harvey: Speak Vietnamese? More Coast Guard deployments & rescues!

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“Whatever we need to do….”-Chief Warrant Officer Michael Tomasi, Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray

Dramatic video of helicopter rescue from victim’s point of view:

Wheel chair rescue vid:

Video explainer of the mission of Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray:

Video of Coast Guard rescue coordination involving Vietnamese translation, the phone call resulted in a safe rescue of all four people aboard a 42-foot sinking vessel near Aransas Pass:

HARVEY: U.S. COAST GUARD DEPLOYS MORE PERSONNEL TO TEXAS!

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Harvey: Alaska & California Militias deploy to Texas!

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“After supporting fire suppression operations here in California and recently participating in a large scale exercise in Alaska, the 129th is ready to deploy its life-saving capabilities to another region of the country.”-Colonel Daniel Lapostole, 129th Rescue Wing vice commander

Alaska National Guard’s 249th Airlift Squadron and the 212th Rescue Squadron deployed to join rescue ops in Texas.  Also, the Alaska National Guard will link up with California National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing en route to Texas.   California’s 129th Rescue Wing will deploy two helicopters and a MC-130P Hercules Combat Shadow.

Video of load-up and take-off of C-17, from Alaska to Texas, 28 AUG 2017:

Video of Alaska link-up with California National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Channel Island Air National Guard Station:

Video, how to stuff a California PaveHawk into an Alaskan Globemaster:

HARVEY: KENTUCKY MILITIA DEPLOYS TO TEXAS!