The National Guard in Wisconsin sent five helicopters and 29 crew members to central Arkansas where an intermediate staging base is located.
Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Tim Donovan says the choppers and crew members will remain at the staging base until their support is needed by officials in Texas.
Two Blackhawk helicopters from Madison’s 147th Aviation battalion and three Huey helicopters from the 832nd Medical Company in West Bend arrived at Camp Robinson near Little Rock Tuesday night.
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Guard members in Oklahoma, Arkansas (6,000 guards members available), Kansas and Missouri have anticipated the problems associated with heavy rain and winds and will be ready to respond, said state officials.
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“We lost everything,” Rivera cried from the rescue boat.
The couple chose not to evacuate, thinking the storm would not be as bad as predicted. But they found themselves fleeing to the attic when water rushed into the house and rose 7 feet up the walls.
Rescue crews plucked them and others trapped in homes and moved them to higher ground elsewhere on the island.
“thinking the storm would not be as bad as predicted”
What part of “risk certain death” do they not understand???