{"id":1172648,"date":"2018-09-14T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=1172648"},"modified":"2018-09-15T07:02:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T05:02:10","slug":"the-entire-department-of-defense-has-been-put-on-standby-for-hurricane-florence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/ru\/2018\/09\/the-entire-department-of-defense-has-been-put-on-standby-for-hurricane-florence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Entire Department Of Defense Has Been Put On Standby For Hurricane Florence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lt. Gen Todd T. Semonite, commanding general of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, said Friday on \u201cFox & Friends First\u201d the entire Department of\u2026<\/b>
\nLt. Gen Todd T. Semonite, commanding general of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, said Friday on \u201cFox & Friends First\u201d the entire Department of Defense has been put on standby for Hurricane Florence.
\u201cThe most important thing is to let everybody know the entire Department of Defense is on standby. I was in yesterday in meetings with the Secretary of Defense\u2019s staff,\u201d Semonite said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to get at least over 7,000 people ready to respond today, mainly on search and rescue.\u201d
He also said the chief of staff for the Army is involved in Hurricane preparations for Florence and has soldiers and helicopters ready to be deployed. (RELATED: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper Calls For Bipartisanship And Unity Ahead Of Hurricane Florence)
\u201cThe chief of staff of the army Gen. [Mark] Milley brought all of the army leadership in, all the commanders and said, anticipate where we could be needed to step up,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo we\u2019ve got over 4,000 soldiers right next to Fort Bragg there. We\u2019ve got over 83 helicopters. The army is ready to be able to jump in and respond.\u201d
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Semonite highlighted the concern surrounding the damns in North Carolina and said the corp of engineers will be inspecting them with local leaders, to see if any structural work will be required.
\u201cWe\u2019ve got teams already deployed on the ground,\u201d he said. \u201cYou talk about the dams. That\u2019s probably one of the things we\u2019re most concerned about. And while it might not happen in the next couple hours, we\u2019ve got about 8,000 dams that are in the Carolinas. There\u2019s a percentage of those \u2014 and again these are not necessarily corps of engineers dams but local and state dams that we\u2019re able to go in and flex.\u201d
\u201cWe\u2019ve got assessment teams ready to go in if a local mayor thinks he\u2019s got a problem, we can go in and inspect those dams. We\u2019ve got a lot of technical knowledge. And if in fact we see any kind of a rift or degradation of a structure \u2014 we\u2019ve got reaction teams that can actually go in and help local officials to be able to do that,\u201d Semonite concluded.
\u201cWe work for FEMA. Wherever FEMA sees a requirement from the local team, the corp is ready to respond.\u201d
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