SplshMtn99
<font color=blue>She talks to me in pretty <font c
- Joined
- Jun 11, 2000
- Messages
- 10,148
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=4335196
DH was sent to NOLA at the end of Sept to aid in communications after Hurricanes Katrina & Rita. In his off time, he's been creating some online albums. They are living & working on the top floor (18th floor) of a hotel in downtown NOLA. They had to lug their equipment up; & put their satelites up on the roof. When they first arrived, they had elec & internet. Now they have phones & cable sometimes. They can shower, but no baths or drinking of water. They were eating MRE's, but there is a support group set up in the convention center (I think) preparing 3 meals a day & delivering to them. However, he's getting sick of rice & beans & southern food.
I honestly don't know if he's done, but there are ALOT of pictures at this point. Unfortunately, very few are narrated.
You may wish to start with the NOLA album, since those were taken first. And some of the St Bernard Parish (Part 2) are just amazing.
There is a possibility that they might be coming home next weekend.
From one of my previous posts on Labor Day weekend, this is what they do. (If you aren't the technical type......just skip this. LOL)
".... the Interim Satellite Incident Site Communications Set (ISISCS) ....... a total of 12 National Guard states/territories nationwide. This equipment, housed in a self-contained, towable trailer, can be deployed anywhere in the U.S. in support of domestic or reaction force missions. The ISISCS can be set up and operational within one hour of its arrival on site. With the implementation of this equipment, commanders now have the ability to communicate from the unit on the ground through all command channels/levels all the way to U.S. Army Forces Command. This communications set includes: radios, computers, satellites, secure/non-secure voice capabilities, video teleconferencing, electronic mail and wireless transmission capability to complete first responder missions. The ISISCS has the ability to cross-level communications requirements in order to communicate with the governor, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the state Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Defense, state National Guard units, state agencies and local police, fire companies and rescue teams throughout the commonwealth. The enhanced capability of the National Guard to respond immediately to homeland defense and security missions is evident with the interoperability capabilities of this equipment. "
__________________
DH was sent to NOLA at the end of Sept to aid in communications after Hurricanes Katrina & Rita. In his off time, he's been creating some online albums. They are living & working on the top floor (18th floor) of a hotel in downtown NOLA. They had to lug their equipment up; & put their satelites up on the roof. When they first arrived, they had elec & internet. Now they have phones & cable sometimes. They can shower, but no baths or drinking of water. They were eating MRE's, but there is a support group set up in the convention center (I think) preparing 3 meals a day & delivering to them. However, he's getting sick of rice & beans & southern food.
I honestly don't know if he's done, but there are ALOT of pictures at this point. Unfortunately, very few are narrated.
You may wish to start with the NOLA album, since those were taken first. And some of the St Bernard Parish (Part 2) are just amazing.
There is a possibility that they might be coming home next weekend.
From one of my previous posts on Labor Day weekend, this is what they do. (If you aren't the technical type......just skip this. LOL)
".... the Interim Satellite Incident Site Communications Set (ISISCS) ....... a total of 12 National Guard states/territories nationwide. This equipment, housed in a self-contained, towable trailer, can be deployed anywhere in the U.S. in support of domestic or reaction force missions. The ISISCS can be set up and operational within one hour of its arrival on site. With the implementation of this equipment, commanders now have the ability to communicate from the unit on the ground through all command channels/levels all the way to U.S. Army Forces Command. This communications set includes: radios, computers, satellites, secure/non-secure voice capabilities, video teleconferencing, electronic mail and wireless transmission capability to complete first responder missions. The ISISCS has the ability to cross-level communications requirements in order to communicate with the governor, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the state Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Defense, state National Guard units, state agencies and local police, fire companies and rescue teams throughout the commonwealth. The enhanced capability of the National Guard to respond immediately to homeland defense and security missions is evident with the interoperability capabilities of this equipment. "
__________________
Maybe it's because it took "someone" from Labor Day weekend till the end of Sept of on again / off again plans to decide that they actually needed them down there.
