These trucks have been prepositioned since last week along with the FEMA staff needed to respond quickly.
Convoys of 100-200 trucks each are leaving Maxwell this morning with police escorts and are on the way to Florida.
Trump already had disaster declarations posted for Florida, Georgia and South Carolina before IRMA even hit, and issued one for Alabama yesterday within an hour of Gov. Ivey issuing the request.
The logistics with closed roads and unsafe bridges has to be a nightmare.
East bound and down, loaded up and truckin’,
We’re gonna do what they say can’t be done.
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there...
A lot different from buses sitting in a parking lot going nowhere to help during Katrina....because it was not in the Union drivers contract.
Are these saturated with formaldehyde?
Cool, quiet, clear/sunny in Mobile this morning.
Puts to shame Bush Junior’s response to Katrina. Trump’s team has their act together, gives no room for criticism. Good. Why couldn’t they roll out other things over past 9 months with same success?
Someone ought to get a shot of the convoy going into region from the Alabama border...big massive pic of 100 trucks....going for a couple of miles.
Does the convoy include The Home Depot convey, some 70+ trucks?
A friend of mine is a driver in a convoy of about 26 semi trucks from here in the metro Detroit area that is currently in FL helping in the clean up.....