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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It's a telling story that the closest base they can come from is 1500 miles away.
Reminds you how large that ocean is.
Thanks.. I thought that was insane...
Exactly the way it was handled with the Indonesian tsunami. NOT!
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.
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?
PHOTOS of Wake Island
http://www.af.mil/news/story_media.asp?storyID=123026374
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