Hurricane Damage / Museum

My source is a friend who is the Flag Secretary to COMNAVAIRLANT:

Pensacola took a major hit. They are scrambling to find training facilities for some 5000 SNA's.

He believes that the museum is OK but cannot verify.

I have relatives in Pensacola who foolishly stayed. We have yet to find or hear form them.

As for the truckdriver who was dumped into Escambia Bay as the Interstate Ten Bridge collapsed, he gets a "down" for basic headwork!!

//ray//

>Got this through the BLACKPONIES net.

IGOR
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> Hurricane Ivan Status - (U.S. Navy)
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> NAS Pensacola:
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> CO and acting regional commander - Captain John Pruitt, USN
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> General BDA:
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> * A majority of base roads are impassable.
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> * Generator power to selected buildings only
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> * Reported damage to every building on station - 90% of
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> buildings has suffered "significant" damage.
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> * Currently no power - no water - no sewage.
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> * Sporadic gas leaks exist all over the base.
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> * Phone landlines restored on limited capability this morning
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> * Internet connectivity/Navy.mil website still down. ETR
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> sometime this afternoon.
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> * Base Public Affairs Office destroyed - photo lab destroyed.
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> * Naval Air Technical Training Center is completely under
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> water
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> * Pensacola Naval Air Station Museum structure held up. S-3
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> President Bush flew aboard USS Abraham Lincoln is intact and undamaged.
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> * Coast Guard station reported destroyed
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> * Air Station Cemetery intact
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> * Approximately 10% of power lines are down - conservative
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> estimate.
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> * Runways are capable - Air Control tower structure ok -
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> Radar is down
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> Personnel:
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> * All personnel attached to the base are present and/or
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> accounted for. No reported injuries
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> * 2900 sailors are stationed at local shelters in the
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> community. Working with the American Red Cross to unload supplies and
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> food.
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> * No one allowed on base due to power lines being down - Base
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> restricted only to Emergency and disaster relief personnel.
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> * Florida National Guard from all over the state is inbound
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> for relief efforts. ETA this afternoon.
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> * NMCB 1 Seabee detachment (48 Personnel) from Gulfport left
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> Gulfport, MS at 0200 but has not yet arrived due to road damage outside of
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> the base.
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> * Seabee detachments also scheduled to arrive Saturday AM and
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> Sunday AM.
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> * OIC of Seabee detachment OIC is RADM (sel) Wayne Shear
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> Media:
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> * Media availability via conference call today at 1530 EST -
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> RADM(sel) Shear and Capt Pruitt
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> * Harry White to coordinate via cell phone/land line
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> * Phone interview with NPR conducted yesterday - disconnected
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> midway through - unclear if I/V ever aired
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> * No I/Vs on base until the environment is safe - aiming for
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> media availability on base tomorrow or Sunday
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> * Imagery - Pictures taken of the base by PAO - Working with
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> NMCI to transmit those photos to MEDIACEN and CHINFO.
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> NETC/CNATRA:
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> POC - LT Robert Lyon, USN - CNATRA PAO - Corpus Christi
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> NETC personnel off line - no contact. Not allowed on base at NAS Pensacola
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> 361-961-3666 - DSN - 861-3666
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> Blue Angels
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> * All Blue Angels operations are on hold
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> * Scheduled show this weekend in Nantucket is canceled
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> * Every member of Blue Angels reporting damage to their homes
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> - currently working on return plan to Pensacola
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> * All shows for the next week are on hold
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> NAS Whiting Field
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> * Every hangar at Whiting is missing its roof.
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> * Aircraft damage in hangars is suspected. Full BDA still
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> ongoing.
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> * No one other than emergency personnel are allowed on base
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> * Two-thirds of all primary air training is held at NAS
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> Whiting
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> * Primary and helicopter training held at NAS Whiting
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> completely down for approximately two weeks.
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> * Current plan is to move training operations to Meridian,
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> MS. No damage at all reported at Meridian
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> NAVSTA Pascagoula:
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> POC: Stacey J. Byington - Base PAO
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> Phone: 228-761-2164
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> Commanding Officer - CDR Steven Rea, USN
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> * USS Yorktown (CG 48) u/w as scheduled.
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> * USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) & USS Stephen W Groves (FFG 29)
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> still pierside. Ships are both re-manned. 100% space walkthroughs
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> complete. No damage, structural external or internal reported.
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> * Electrical Power to the pier and ship shore power restored
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> * All personnel present and/or accounted for. No reported
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> injuries.
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> * Minimal damage at NAVSTA reported.
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> * Several small trees uprooted, tree limbs broken off, and
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> two light poles toppled around the base. Part of the roof of MWR eatery
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> blown off, and minor wind damage to some base signage reported.
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> Ingalls Shipbuilding:
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> * PCUs - USS James E Williams (DDG 95) u/w for Hurricane
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> avoidance.
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> * Remainder of ships, USS Halsey (DDG 97), USS Forrest
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> Sherman (DDG 98) and USS San Antonio (LPD 17) report no damage. All
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> personnel present and/or accounted for.
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