Guardian: Navy Sending Ships to Gulf Coast

[KeepItReal]

"The Navy is sending three ships to the Gulf Coast with water and other supplies for those hit by Hurricane Katrina, but officials are urging service members not to try to return to their military bases in New Orleans.

Navy bases in Gulfport, Miss., and New Orleans were evacuated and suffered heavy flooding and wind damage.

The three amphibious ships will be leaving from Norfolk, Va., in the next few days. The Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida will be a base for the relief effort. "

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5244277,00.html


UPDATE: Now they report "4" ships to set sail.

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. How many days sail is it from VA?

They don't have anything closer? Oh that's right most of the equipment in Iraq.

[KeepItReal]

4. I don't know. They aren't leaving immediately, either.

They probably have to recall their Marines and sailors and then provision up to get underway.

[davepc]

6. The "next closest" major navy base is Naval Station Mayport

in Florida, near Jacksonville. Not that much closer then the main US Naval Base for the East Coast, which is Norfolk VA.

[SpiralHawk]

2. The S.S. ChimPee, listing badly, will stay in port

at the Imperial Pig Farm Upon Crawford.

Your orders, until further instructed by the Commander in Chief*, are to "Hang loose."

[knight_of_the_star]

3. Not sure what to think about this

It's good we're getting this info, but why the fuck is American news not COVERING this!?

[KeepItReal]

5. Big Network American news is a joke

The British seem to be more wired in than folks in Atlanta, NY, and L.A. to our own govt.

[rodeodance]

8. Keith Olbermann on Countdown had it on tonight.

The First U.S. Army, based at Fort Gillem near Atlanta, has already received some requests from state officials and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for aircraft to conduct search and rescue missions and assessment flights over the region.

The Defense Department's Northern Command was setting up a joint task force Tuesday that will coordinate the Pentagon's response to the hurricane.

[babylonsister]

7. Again, note the source. Unreal. nt