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http://www.fema.gov/emanagers/2004/nat091804.shtm National Situation Update: Saturday, September 18, 2004 Florida Damage from Hurricane Ivan Florida power outages are 399,094. In Escambia County, grocery stores, gas stations, and hardware stores are all closed. The State is reporting that electric power, water supplies, telephone service and sewers are non-functional. Five shelters were damaged. Clients in the Civic Center were relocated to other shelters. Gulf Power Company has been particularly hard hit. The company reports that of 1,579 miles of transmission lines, 790 miles have been destroyed and of the 249 main feeders the company operates, 211 were out of service. The Pensacola Regional Airport in Escambia County reports heavy damage but is open. The Panama City Bay County International Airport tower is operating on an emergency generator. The terminal was closed on September 16, but was scheduled to reopen September 17. Portions of Interstate 10 in the Panhandle are closed. US 441 in Columbia County is completely closed. US 98 to Cape San Blas (Gulf County) and US 98 between Destin (Okaloosa County) and Ft. Walton Beach (Okaloosa County) is completely closed. In Escambia County, US 90 to the Alabama State line is completely closed. Several other state and county roads are closed due to being flooded, washed out or covered with debris. Sections of the I-10 bridge over Escambia Bay to Pensacola/Escambia County suffered significant damage and the bridge is now closed. The bridge to Perdido Key (Escambia County) is completely closed. US 98 bridge from Pensacola to Gulf Breeze and US 90 bridge in Escambia are closed due to structural damage. The Shalimar Bridge (Okaloosa County) is closed. The bridge to Navarre Beach (Santa Rosa County) is closed. The bridge to Pensacola Beach is closed. The I-10 Bridge over Escambia Bay is closed. Shoal River Bridge, the bridge over Choctawhatchee Bay (Walton/Okaloosa Counties) and the bridge between Brooks and Destin (Okaloosa County) are also closed. Three National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) teams are currently conducting missions in Florida and one additional National US&R team is en route to Florida. Ten eight-person FEMA/State US&R task force reconnaissance teams were airlifted by the US Coast Guard to Perdido Key (Escambia County) at 7:30 a.m. September 17, 2004 and conducted grid searches of the island. Two Rapid Needs Assessment (RNA) teams flew missions on September 16 and conducted assessments again on September 17, 2004. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing 60 medical personnel to support medical operations at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola (Escambia County). Verbal mission assignments have been received for a Deployable Tactical Operations System (DTOS), Ice, Water, Power, Regional Activation, and Technical Assistance to the State and Logistics. United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was tasked with purchasing and delivering 100 truckloads of water to the Forest Park Warehouse in Atlanta, and 50 truckloads of ice to Florida. USACE has been tasked with providing power to the Duke Field staging area in Okaloosa County. (DFO FEMA-1539/1545/1551-DR-VL, FEMA Region IV, and FEMA HQ) Last Updated: September 18, 2004 02:41 PM 000. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E-MAIL_TRIVIA/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
