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HURRICANE SANDY WILL NO
DOUBT TEACH US MANY
LESSONS.
LEARNED FROM HURRICANE
KATRINA, SEVEN
YEARS AGO, IS BEING
REALIZED RIGHT NOW IN
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
TO SHOW A BIG UPGRADE AT
SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL,
THAT COULD PREVENT SOME
PROBLEMS
WE'VE SEEN THIS WEEK IN
NEW YORK.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN
THESE NEWS CLIPS OF
PATIENTS - HUNDREDS OF
- BEING EVACUATED FROM
TWO NEW YORK HOSPITALS.
WHEN NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL FLOODED IT NOT
ONLY LOST POWER,
IT LOST THE BACK UP
GENERATOR. WE LEARNED
TODAY, HAD SANDY TURNED
MORE QUICKLY - THIS COULD
HAVE BEEN US.
SANDY LEFT HOSPTIALS NO
PATIENTS SOME
IN CRITICAL CONDITION,
SOME IN LABOR WERE FORCED
TO EVACUATE.
SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL
RELIES ON GENERATORS TO
RUN LIFE SUSTAINING
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT WHEN
OUT.
HIT NEW ORLEANS
FACILITIES DIRECTOR LARRY
SMITH SAYS IT HIT LIKE A
TON OF BRICKS.
SMITH SAYS THE BUILDING
LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE
GHENT BECOMES
SURROUNDED BY A MOAT IN
HEAVY RAIN. TODAY HE
REVEALED TO THE MEDIA THE
EXTENT OF THAT PROBLEM
AND THE SOLUTION.
AND BETTWEEN THESE ORANGE
CONCRETE LIES
A NEW TANK THAT CAN HOLD
ENOUGH GAS TO FUEL THE
150 HOURS. OF COURSE,
SMITH CAN'T GUARANTEE
THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN IN
NORFOLK, BUT HE IS NOW
MORE CONFIDENT THEN
EVER THAT SENTARA IS
PREPARED TO WEATHER THE
NEXT BIG STORM.
THOSE TWO GENERATORS ARE
AMONG SIX THAT RUN
GENERAL AND THE HEART
HOSPITAL. NONE OF THE
OTHERS IS BELOW
GROUND. THE WHOLE
PROJECT COST MORE THAN
TWO AND A HALF MILLION
DOLLARS.
SENTARA SAYS NONE OF THE
FACILITES
ARE BELOW GROUND.