Which is more then us “redneck racist morons in Jesusland” will see out of states like New York, Illinois, Michigan, California, Washington State.
An Illinois National Guard helicopter and crew will head south to help with Hurricane Gustav relief efforts, state officials announced Saturday.
Louisiana officials asked for the helicopter, according to Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration.
The helicopter, a CH-47D Chinook, and its crew are being activated out of Peoria. Illinois officials are awaiting other requests as the hurricane bears down on the Gulf Coast. The copter is scheduled to perform search, rescue and evacuation missions, and move critical supplies.
State and federal officials in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama — all of which could lie in Gustav’s potential path — activated voluntary coastal evacuation plans beginning Saturday, with mandatory evacuation orders to follow early Sunday if necessary.
At its current speed, the National Hurricane Center warned, Gustav could strike the Gulf Coast on Monday afternoon as a major Category 3 or 4 storm after passing over the Cayman Islands and western Cuba before heading into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Back in 2005, more than 2,500 Illinois guard troops and emergency personnel went to the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina, state officials said.