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Ida came ashore yesterday in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane. It is now Tropical Storm Ida, still battering parts of Louisiana and Mississippi and leaving more than one million people without electricity.
Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards reminded residents of his state that “The first 72 are on you,” a way of saying that citizens should be equipped to provide for themselves, their families and their pets for at least three days following a major storm.
Because of a...
Will Hurricane Ida cause carriers to chase FEMA relief loads?
At this time, we do not know the level of destruction that Hurricane Ida will inflict. Hopefully, for the people and property impacted, the damage will be minimal.
To the degree necessary, local, state, and federal emergency management agencies, relief organizations, churches, major corporations, and ordinary people will band together to help those affected by the storm.
However, when major hurricanes have hit the United States in the past (as recently as last week, unfortunately), the Federal...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/will-hurricane-ida-cause-carriers-to-chase-fema-relief-loads
How-to on hurricane relief efforts
Hurricane Ida’s outer bands began dumping heavy rain on Louisiana early today as its sustained wind gusts reached 150 mph.
Because of weather satellites and a range of other technologies, man’s ability to track and predict the path of hurricanes improves yearly. In North America, communications technologies give us the ability to warn residents of areas in the predicted path of hurricanes several days ahead of time that the storm is coming and its potential severity. Usually people and...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-to-on-hurricane-relief-efforts
Tight trucking market may hamstring Laura recovery effort
Chart of the Week: Truckstop.com 7-Day Van and Reefer Rate Per Mile – USA SONAR: TSTOPVRPM.USA, TSTOPRRPM.USA
In a year that has become the poster child for natural disaster, Hurricane Laura became the latest in a long line of internet meme-generating events that have characterized 2020. To make matters worse for the victims of the first major hurricane to make landfall in the U.S., the recovery efforts may be hindered by the tightest freight market in years.
The average national rates for dry...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/tight-trucking-market-may-hamstring-laura-recovery-effort
Trucking, rescue groups describe hurricane relief as ‘organized chaos’
Truck drivers, along with search and rescue groups and humanitarian relief organizations, are once again answering the call to deliver critical medical supplies, food and other essentials after Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast early Thursday, killing six people in Louisiana.
Shelli Conaway-Waugh of Lexington, Kentucky, a 28-year trucking veteran, runs a nonprofit group called Trucks with Room to Spare. She was already coordinating relief efforts Thursday morning with her network of...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/trucking-rescue-groups-describe-hurricane-relief-as-organized-chaos
Hurricane season heats up – responding to a big one
Believe it or not, hurricane season is well underway, which means it’s time to keep a close eye on the weather. The Atlantic hurricane season started in June and continues through the end of November; this roughly six-month timeframe presents many opportunities for a storm to wreak havoc on economies and entire infrastructures of coastal communities large and small.
Motor carriers and independent drivers operating within Hurricane Alley need to plan prior to the landfall of a costly storm and...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/hurricane-season-heats-up-responding-to-a-big-one