Matthew Deployment

[NomadicMedic]

Do you think National Guard will be activated @DEmedic? Supposed to drive my mom down there(Hilton Head) on Sunday actually.

You will most likely not be able to get on the island.

From HHI emergency management:
Once Matthew moves through, access will be restricted to perform damage assessment. Even if you hear that the Governor has rescinded the evacuation order, the final authority for allowing residents to return to the Island is the Mayor of the Town of Hilton Head Island.

You can call the Hilton Head Island/Beaufort County Re-Entry hotline at 1-800-963-5023 for more information. Make sure to bring either your photo ID with your local address or a utility bill with your name and Island address to reenter the Island.

 

[NysEms2117]

You can call the Hilton Head Island/Beaufort County Re-Entry hotline at 1-800-963-5023 for more information. Make sure to bring either your photo ID with your local address or a utility bill with your name and Island address to reenter the Island.

They split a house with their friends, but thanks for the heads up about the bills. Getting on the island because I personally don't own the house, or just due to the fact of sheer catastrophe?

 

[NomadicMedic]

Call the rentry line before you try to get on the island.

 

[NysEms2117]

got it. thanks

 

[SandpitMedic]

Is anyone deploying yet? Like actually?
I haven't seen any real damage or casualty assessments yet.

 

[DesertMedic66]

AMR OEM said not to long ago that they are still in a stand-by mode and that no teams have been sent yet

 

[EpiEMS]

Nope. Scattered tornados. Flash floods. 10"+ of rain, 5-9 foot storm surge. High tide is in a few hours, just as the main thrust of the storm hits. Huge power outages.This is a legit mess.

Oof. Never mind me...that's really bad.
I presume you guys won't go out in winds above a certain level?

 

[NomadicMedic]

Oof. Never mind me...that's really bad.
I presume you guys won't go out in winds above a certain level?

All of the emergency response stopped when sustained winds hit 39mph.

 

[DesertMedic66]

All of the emergency response stopped when sustained winds hit 39mph.

39mph? We would never be able to operate out here haha.

 

[akflightmedic]

When I worked the coastal areas, we stopped all responses over the causeway when winds were 45 mph or greater....You go over those high bridges and it will blow your ambulance or engine right off. That is why everyone is told to evacuate inland long before the storm comes...you literally are on your own at a certain point.

 

[Tigger]

AMR OEM said not to long ago that they are still in a stand-by mode and that no teams have been sent yet

Apparently they told our team they were deploying but now it's a maybe?

 

[NysEms2117]

Anybody know local radio stations for Hilton head area? DEmedic mind telling your station(if your cool with it)


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[Handsome Robb]

39mph? We would never be able to operate out here haha.

I was just thinking the same. Here it's not quite as bad but before I moved 40mph sustained was unusual at all. We used to have wind storms and end up with gusts of 70+ and still be running normal operations.


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[TransportJockey]

I was just thinking the same. Here it's not quite as bad but before I moved 40mph sustained was unusual at all. We used to have wind storms and end up with gusts of 70+ and still be running normal operations.


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Thats how it was in nm and west texas too

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[akflightmedic]

Is there a difference in driving on flat open highways with wind gusts as opposed to high bridges over water with a small margin for error?

I think so, but then again, I have only gone over the bridges and have never traversed the desert roads during a wind gust.

 

[akflightmedic]

These are the bridges in FL we have to cross to get to the barrier islands. One of these exists every few miles. Also the flat road areas are at water level during normal conditions...during a storm they are being washed over.

 

[Handsome Robb]

Is there a difference in driving on flat open highways with wind gusts as opposed to high bridges over water with a small margin for error?

I think so, but then again, I have only gone over the bridges and have never traversed the desert roads during a wind gust.

Desert roads are very unforgiving in the wind as most have little to no shoulder and when you drop a tire off the pavement the ground is soft. Recipe for a rollover.

I've got no experience with bridges so who knows.


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[CALEMT]

Desert roads are very unforgiving in the wind as most have little to no shoulder and when you drop a tire off the pavement the ground is soft. Recipe for a rollover.

I've got no experience with bridges so who knows.


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Most people have heard of white out conditions (blowing snow). Well in the desert we have brown out conditions (blowing sand). Where I'm at its not uncommon to see sustained 50MPH winds with gusts in the 70's+. Were sandwiched between two mountains so its a natural wind tunnel.

 

[Tigger]

AMR crew from Colorado in Atlanta now with some fine people!

 

[Bullets]

NjTF1 went, some of our EMSTF stuff was put on standby but I suspect we won't be deployed.

The more of these I do the less I like doing them. If it wasn't for the money, sometimes the headache is just to much, especially when your running the logistics operation