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BECAUSE AT 1:30 THERE WERE 11000
WITHOUT POWER AND NOW IT'S DOWN
TO 7000
WE HAVE REPORTERS ALL OVER
THE STATE COVERS ALL ANGLES OF
THE STORM.
WE WANT TO HEAD OVER TO THE
RHODE ISLAND EMERGENCY
ASSOCIATION.
WHAT'S GOING ON AT EMA
THE BIG PIECE OF NEWS AND THE
NATIONAL GUARD HERE IS THAT
GOVERNOR CHAFEE'S BRIEFING HAS
BEEN MOVED UP FROM 6 O'CLOCK TO
5 O'CLOCK.
SO WE'LL HEAR FROM THE GOVERNOR
AND ALL THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE AN
HOUR EARLIER THAN WE HAD
EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM THEM.
IN THE MEANTIME NOW THAT WE ARE
ON WITH LIVE CONTINUING COVERAGE
STARTING AT 2 O'CLOCK I'M HERE
WITH LIEUTENANT COLONEL --
COLONEL BRING RHODE
ISLAND UP TO SPEED ON WHERE
THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW.
ROGER.
SO WE'VE ALL COME TOGETHER IN
THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER.
ALL THOSE EMERGENCY SUPPORT
FUNCTIONS.
WE'RE COORDINATING EFFORTS AND
EVERY LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS FIRST
RESPONDED TO ANYTHING THEY MIGHT
NEED TO DO FOR THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
WHEN THEY ARE OVERWHELMED
THEY'LL COORDINATE BUT THE RHODE
ISLAND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY.
IT'S DIRECTED BY MAJOR GENERAL
MCBRIDE WHO IS THE NATIONAL
GUARD GENERAL.
HE'S A COMMANDER OF TROOPS
WHEN THERE IS A TROUBLE IN
VARIOUS PLACES SO I UNDERSTAND
IT, THE RHODE ISLAND NATIONAL
GUARD WILL BE DISPATCHED TO
WHEREVER THE HOT SPOTS ARE IS
THAT A GOOD WAY TO THINK OF IT?
RIGHT.
ONCE THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS FROM
EACH COMMUNITY GET OVERWHELMED
AND THEY CANNOT RECEIVE ANY
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE
OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE
OVERWHELMED THEN THE RHODE
ISLAND NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE
TASKED WITH INDIVIDUAL MISSIONS
BASED ON WHAT WE CAN BRING TO
THE EVENT.
SUCH AS FOR EXAMPLE?
WE CAN DO FREE CUTTING
EXERCISES AND GO OUT THERE AND
DO TREE REMOVAL.
WE HAVE TEEMS ASSEMBLED AND
READY TO GO.
WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET ABOUT
THE AIRMAN ALSO WHO ARE READY.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 200 --
I HATE TO INTERRUPT TO LET
THE VIEWERS KNOW.
RIGHT HERE IN THIS MOMENT THIS
WIND GUST THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
WHAT'S TO COME ISN'T IT?
WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT THOUGHTS
BUT ADDRESS THIS THOUGHT.
IT IS.
THIS IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATED ONCE
WE CAME TOGETHER 72 HOURS AGO.
AND WE SAID THAT THIS STORM --
THE POWER OF THIS STORM WAS ITS
DURATION WHICH USUALLY WHEN YOU
GET A HURRICANE IT'S A 4, 6,
8-HOUR EVENT.
THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN
18-HOUR EVENT SO THIS WILL GO
THROUGH THREE HIGH TIDE CYCLES.
THE POUNDING OF THE WINDS AND
THE HURRICANE GUSTS, THE STORM
SURGES ANYWHERE BETWEEN 8:00 AND
10 O'CLOCK IS WHAT HAS US MOST
CONCERNED
WE HAVE YOU AS THE BACK UP
GUYS WHEN THE FIRST RESPONDERS
ARE OVERWHELMED ON TREE CUTTING
OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU GUYS KICK
IN.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WHAT ELSE'S
BESIDES TREE CUTTING
RIGHT.
SO WE ALSO CAN DO
TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVE HEAVY VEHICLES ON THE
ARMY SIDE OF THINGS.
ALSO ON THE AIRMAN ALSO HAVE
SOME VEHICLES SO WE CAN DO SOME
EVACUATION OF SOME FOLKS.
WE CAN DO TRAFFIC CONTROL WITH
OUR MP'S.
SO WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF
THINGS WE CAN BRING.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE STANDING AT
SEVERAL HUNDRED TROOPS THAT ARE
ARMED AND READY.
ALL THESE CREWS AND THESE
FUNCTIONS THAT I DESCRIBED.
ON THE MOMENT'S NOTICE WE CAN
BRING UP TO OVER A THOUSAND
FOLKS ONBOARD TO PARTICIPATE.
THEY'LL GO WHEREVER WHENEVER.
WE AS THE NATIONAL GUARD WILL
DO A MISSION ANALYSIS AND SEND
SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE TO ANALYZE
THE SITUATION AND THEN WE'LL PUT
THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN LOGISTICS IN
THAT AREA
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU MAN.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HURRICANE
SANDY WREAKING HAVOC ON OUR
EQUIPMENT BUT THAT IS TO BE
EXPECTED.
GOVERNOR CHAFEE'S BRIEFING HAS