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No oil spills seen during flight over Wake Island
Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | September 4, 2006

Posted on 09/04/2006 1:57:58 PM PDT by HAL9000

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HONOLULU (AP) _ A first look at the storm damage inflicted on Wake Island by Typhoon Ioke showed no oil spills.

A Coast Guard C-130 flew over Wake Island this weekend to make an initial assessment of the destruction brought on by the storm.

Observers aboard the plane couldn't see any spills or other hazardous material releases.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricaneioke; hurricaneseason2006; ioke; pacific; supertyphoon; supertyphoonioke; typhoon; typhoonioke; wakeisland
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To: El Gato

It's a telling story that the closest base they can come from is 1500 miles away.

Reminds you how large that ocean is.


21 posted on 09/04/2006 5:38:53 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: HAL9000

Thanks.. I thought that was insane...


22 posted on 09/04/2006 6:37:44 PM PDT by tje (Cold hearted orb, that rules the night....)
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To: El Gato
One thing at a time. First check for a hazardous environment, then send people to go have a look at the structures and such.And that's exactly what they are doing:

Exactly the way it was handled with the Indonesian tsunami. NOT!

23 posted on 09/04/2006 9:32:32 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: HAL9000

ARen't there some Google Satellite photos of the island yet?

I haven't tried that feature so I'm not sure how to do it.


24 posted on 09/04/2006 10:00:39 PM PDT by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: taxesareforever
Exactly the way it was handled with the Indonesian tsunami. NOT!

There was no one to rescue on Wake, they'd all been evacuated. Different priorities. With the tsunami there were enough reports *from the area* to know that things were bad, but also to know if airfield were safe, and where supplies were *probably* most needed.

In this case, there is no one to rescue, they left everything as buttoned up as they could, since they knew it was coming.

With no one to rescue why take risks?

25 posted on 09/04/2006 10:45:14 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: El Gato

PHOTOS of Wake Island

http://www.af.mil/news/story_media.asp?storyID=123026374


26 posted on 09/07/2006 6:50:47 AM PDT by SuperTroll (Wake Damage Photos)
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