To: steveegg
I did hear them say earlier they couldn't send helicopters up because of 45mph gusts, but coast guard choppers are up shown on FNC now now making visual assessments of the industrial canal 'spillover';...
511 posted on
09/23/2005 11:25:06 AM PDT by
cgk
(When the BIG ONE wipes out Hollywood can we call it Bush's Fault instead of the San Andreas Fault?)
To: cgk
You can *fly* a chopper in 45mph gusts. You just can't hover it, and that's what you have to do to pick up a sandbag or drop it.
551 posted on
09/23/2005 11:35:32 AM PDT by
Spktyr
(Dallas TX (Overwhelminglysuperiorfirepowerandthewillingnesstouseitistheonlyprovenpeacesolution))
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