(09-28-2017 08:43 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(09-28-2017 08:40 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(09-28-2017 08:37 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(09-27-2017 10:01 PM)bullet Wrote:  Well the ports are open, but things are pretty tough. Water getting tough to find. Roads are washed out.

From what I've read, yes, the ports are finally open; however, distribution from the ports to the people is still very very slow. Apparently this is due to the lack of truck drivers and, I'd imagine, destroyed infrastructure, etc.

Shouldn't we have our military (or national guard) down there with helicopters delivering supplies then?

I'd imagine they are, in some sort of capacity be it either National Guard, whatever. I know folks just want something to blame Trump for; however, this was a HUGE hurricane that laid a direct hit, and closed ports, It's going to take more than a week or two to get that type recovery operation up and running smoothly.

Add in the fact that many of the helicopters that would be used in this type of situation were used during Harvey and Irma and are likely down for maintenance and unavailable. You can only fly an aircraft so many hours before it's got to shut down for maintenance.