17 June 2008

Update from Capt Chris Colvin, IAWG/PA

Today was another day of long sorties (four mission related sorties and one aircraft maintenance sortie). Focus continues to be on critical infrastructure, HazMat concerns along the flood zone, monitoring flooded areas and areas in which the water is beginning to recede. The number of photos provided to state and federal officials now exceeds 1,200.
 
Members from the Wing, Cedar Rapids Senior Squadron and the Easter Iowa Cadet Squadron (EICS) continue to man their respective posts at the State Emergency Operations Center and the Linn County Emergency Management Agency.
 
We have one aircraft returning from the Flight Encampment in Nebraska which will be put into service as soon as possible.
 
In conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, aircrews were tasked to fly in search of livestock that may be stranded on high-ground.
 
Members from the EICS worked in conjunction with the Red Cross today handing out water and clean-up kits in a staging area.
 
There is mention in the Charles City Press that CAP provided airlift to Senator’s Harkin and Grassley visit to the area last weekend. Click on the link below.
 
http://www.charlescitypress.com/articles/2008/06/16/news/news01.txt
 
Beginning on Wednesday 18 June, we will begin to fly missions through FEMA for the Army Corps of Engineers surveying the waterway beginning at Lock and Dam 10 working south towards Keokuk.