With situations like this it's always the first few hours that are most critical, after that it's only stragglers that come ouf of the ruins. There should be help on standby pretty much all the time when it comes to earth quake prone areas.

Very interesting link SteamWake, thanks.

How uncomfortable it is to see those photos and feeling powerless...:-?:cry:

Where any of those working before the quake, the place is a mess to begin with...
After the acute situation is over, further help should come with strict conditions.
But we will probably see the aid being stolen and hunreds of thousands claiming to need a refuge in NA or Europe.

Tragicle on a big scale.

Apparently the Carl Vinson is on the way so that should help boost the helo ability in the area, since most of the roads are most likely shot to bits what'll be needed is good airlifting ability. Also the USS Bataan is on its way with a Marine expeditionary unit, which should help with feet on the ground.
It was quite a shallow quake too by the sounds of it, and the epicenter was close to the capital, hence the devastation.

I heard a figure of 500,000 estimated dead on the World Service last night, but that seems to have been reduced to 'tens of thousands', but even so...that's a unconceivably large amount of people.
It's not going to be pretty down there over the coming months. Not at all.

Posted this in another thread but will do so here as well - you can donate $10 to the Red Cross for relief efforts in Haiti by texting the word HAITI to 90999 if you are so inclined.

My day started early...currently I have 96 loads of relief supplies heading to Homestead FL for airlift to Haiti. :yeah: I will be moving more supplies as the day progresses. Currently looking to add an Antonov 225 to the arena. This baby can carry a lot...140 tons. It is at it's home base in Kiev. If they want it we will go after it! We fired up that baby for Pago Pago. BTW, FEMA has been shipping relief supplies to Pago Pago since the water hit. Never hear that on the news do you? I think we sent a generator for every lightbulb on the island of Pago Pago. Rest assured there are thousands that will be up for the next 24 hours straight+ getting supplies to Haiti. I will be one of them! :yeah:

Back to work. :yeah:

:salute:

Chris, bring me milk while you're at it! I'm all out of milk! :wah:

Need a disaster first. Then USAID needs to get involved who in turn calls on FEMA. Then your MRE with dried milk is on the way.


Right now I have another 127 trailers going to load in Fort Worth headed to Homestead when loading is complete. That will be 223 53' vans loaded with supplies for Haiti.

Off I go. :salute:

God bless you and your colleagues for the good work you do.

Keep up the good work. :up:

No 48 footers for the heavy stuff?
If the load is heavy (Canned goods and such) a 48' is good for 24 pallets, while a 53' should only be loaded with 22 pallets (or the trailer tandems will be overweight - especialy in Virginia, where the axels are required to be far forward).

For light loads, by all means, 53'ers are the way to go.

Good to see you on the job AVG.
You sure got a lot done in a little time.
I salute your abilities.

What are you talking about? This is Dowly!!

Seriously though, keep up the good work mate. :yeah:

We get waivers in all the states. These are issued by FEMA. We can run heavy and run past the normal operating hours. Disasters do not know DOT regs nor care about them We are provided paperwork and my drivers blow through the scale houses. We use only 53 foot van. Most common these days. Looks like my trailers will be going to Haiti. BTW, I got current pics of the port...all cranes are down and the port is out of commission. I do not have time to post...sry

Now I working on 298 trailers out of Frederick MD and 197 out of Cumberland MD.

Back to work :salute: