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:

Great job!
Go get em, pal!

Some more images and a short video as well

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...struction.html

Unbeleavably grim.

Some images you will not see on the news. Cell phone shots of the port. Crane down and asphalt destroyed. We got these from our Maritime Partner in Haiti. Needless to say, cranes down, no unloading containers.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...0_DSC02043.jpg


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...0_DSC02005.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...0_DSC01995.jpg


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...0_DSC01991.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...0_DSC01982.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...0_DSC01981.jpg

Jesus Christ... :o

That is one wrecked port...how the devil are they going to get the containers off without working cranes? Are the relief crews bringing in some to help offload the aid? Or will the aid have to be repacked in easier to disembark units?

EDIT: Disregard some of that, I spotted the crane on the vessel, however the more cranes the better so my question still kind of applies.

:up: Exactly. Crane on the boat and hand unload. Desperate times take desperate measures. My trailers are to be barged to the port. If there is a will, there is a way! I can guarantee you there is a will! :03:

Hunger can be a good motivator. I wish them well and godspeed !

Agreed, godspeed and good luck to them, and to you too AVG :salute:

Totally screwed. The airport is shut! Currently my tasks for trailers to FL are on hold.

Why did they shut the airport? Bad timing.

Anyway, can't they unload in the DR and truck it over?

Unfortunately the obvious problem has come into play.
The docks are buggered because they had an earthquake, the roads are mainly impassable because they had an earthquake, if they were not impassable there was a shortage of vehicles even before they had an earthquake which is now even more acute, the airport is full because they had an earthquake and can't move the aid out of the airport and planes of aid are waiting unloaded on the apron which means the vital first response who should be getting to work are being diverted because they can't land anymore.
Plus of course damage to the airports tanks and planes having to circle a long time before landing means there are now lots of unloaded planes which cannot leave anyway as there is no fuel.

As for shipping stuff by road from the Republic, the bridges on the route have collapsed in the earthquake.

So I suppose the lesson is that despite the thoughts of....
.....
which is noble in its intent, the thing they should know by now is get stuff ready, make supplies available for shipping , have funds on standby........
but get an assesment team in first to see who what where when and how.
It might seem like a waste of valuable time, but it is a complete waste of time to have food and medicine piled up doing nothing but taking up space and slowing access.