When is there a potential for damage to your property? We want to make sure that, more importantly, there is a potential for loss of life. The Coast Guard primary one mission and focus is on saving lives making sure that people do not lose their lives and then protecting the maritime transportation system, the poor and the board in Tampa which I talked about earlier, the US Coast Guard is ready, we have got people out of harm’s way ships planes, okay, I have them out of the way of the mountain so that it is safe for us to start operating again, we can get back to the area as quickly as possible. Making sure that lives are not lost is the best thing that people can’t do. That was to evacuate in time, but I just cannot finish that aside. Herds in moving water, how impressive a storm surge is, it can be incredibly destructive. It is easy to underestimate how dangerous the volume of water that we are talking about in this storm.
Ciara we are talking about a possible historic storm. I know you have deployed about thirteen hundred people, now turning to Florida. Can you give me some examples of key objectives where you have increased resources and mobilized resources? So as I said, deployed people in the danger path in Florida. We’ve moved them out of the critical impact area, so they can get back as quickly as possible. My main operating command is located in Miami, but we have moved that forward to Tallahassee with other emergency managers to help support FEMA, first responders, and the State Emergency Operations Center. We have shallow water boats and teams that are ready to get back in helicopters and cruises.
Those are actually the first ones we start to move back in after the band passes. We get into a winter weather window, so it takes a little bit longer to get people boats to the larger orders. They will come back to the area, but they will be back. They will be some of the first ones to begin those assessments to be able to reopen the port and insure the flow of commerce, so we have prepared the assets. We are now able to assess and understand what the impact of the hurricane really was. Overnight into the morning, we are prepared to flow additional resources that we may need to make sure. Additional loss of life that is a matter of need for any of our other faded federal and state and local law enforcement operators. It’s a great integrated team effort. We are fully prepared Admiral year Swift water rescue teams, they are the best in the country we see.
At least one water rescue, as you know when you are the Hilo crew. So the allied stress rescue team rescue swimmer went to the man who was with his dog. Who needed help but did not get off their boat immediately. Are you concerned about any other sailors in the water at this time? I know you were concerned. Have to respond to a cruise ship that was stuck, there was some medical emergency. Can you bring such information?