Louisiana Guardsmen Rescue Thousands in Floods

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http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/693195/louisiana-guardsmen-rescue-thousands-in-floods

Louisiana Guardsmen Rescue Thousands in Floods

By Lisa Ferdinando DoD News, Defense Media Activity

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2016 — Louisiana National Guardsmen have rescued more than 4,000 people in the floods that have inundated the state over the past week, a state Guard spokesman said. About 1,200 Louisiana Army and Air National Guard members have been mobilized and are working with local partners to support the mission, said Air Force Col. Pete Schneider, the state public affairs officer for the Louisiana National Guard. Schneider, who spoke today in a phone interview from New Orleans, said flood waters following heavy rains have inundated neighborhoods, washed over roads and trapped residents. Soldiers and airmen are searching neighborhoods and going door-to-door to rescue people, he said.
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The Guardsmen, who have been working around the clock since last week, are performing search and rescue operations using almost every piece of equipment they have, including boats, trucks, Humvees and helicopters, the colonel said. Boat crews and aircrews have rescued people stranded around dangerous, quickly moving flood waters, he added. At last tally, Schneider said, Louisiana Guardsmen had rescued 4,255 people and 354 pets and had issued nearly 72,000 bottles of water, more than a million sandbags, 700 cots, and hundreds of packaged meals. After the waters recede, Schneider said, the National Guard will support recovery efforts, a mission that could last for months.
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[montana_hazeleyes]

1. Wow. Great job!

[TexasProgresive]

2. Go Guard!

I wonder where a Jindal bankrupted Louisiana is going to find the dinero to pay for the rescue efforts by the guard and OT of first responders. Poor Louisiana.