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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA reasonable and unanswered question ...
Where is the US response to the disaster in the Bahamas?
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)marble falls
(56,027 posts)the Navy there desalinating water? How about a Corps of Engineer battalion clearing the airports or clearing harbors?
mcar
(42,179 posts)Skittles
(152,918 posts)emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)City of Miami working with Bahamians as frustrated with lack of fed approval to act. Miami sending
highly skilled paramedic-firefighting search and rescue personnel to help in crucial window of
time.
(Summary based on EMS1.com bulletin)
So no fed response.
Also cruise ship bringing docs, volunteers, supplies
https://www.ems1.com/disaster-management/articles/394721048-EMS-docs-and-volunteers-en-route-to-Bahamas-aboard-cruise-ship/
So no fed response
Edit: well, according to earlier posts and state dept. link, Feds are responding.
genxlib
(5,500 posts)They are the only ones certified to do international deployments through USAID.
If they are overwhelmed, there is precedent to send more. I think there were a total of six in Haiti. I know because I was there with one of them. However, that was Obama...