When you are able to contact your friend again, please let him know that reinforcement rescue crews from the Sacramento area left from Travis AFB around 4 pm (8/30) aboard a C-5 bound for the region. On board were rescue rigs, paramedics, and swift water rescue personnel from local law enforcement agencies.
Prayers offered up for your friend's well being while facing such death and distruction.
Seems that a like response we saw from DOD for the Tsunami last year will be enroute also.... Even if it's just a few ships used for water making and helo support in the port......
Going to be a study in reality to try and evacuate the entire city... Do ya feed the people where they are or do ya make em walk out when they get hungry to dry land for pickup and transport to a FEMA refugee camp ? Just that comment , (FEMA Camp) sounds really scary IMHO.
That place is one large petri dish of biological hazards and a growing health threat every minute......
Dang that's a mess......prayers up for all involved......