Indeed, Scott. For many years there was a Royal Navy Type 22 destroyer
or something of that size stationed in the Caribbean to help out during
the hurricane season. I just hope that we have done something to help
out in this way for this ghastly occasion. Apparently the British
Foreign Office's website still had its bleat about the "war on terror"
on its website instead of something useful about the identification of
those who died, or the survivors, how to get home, how to help ....
well anything really.
Chris
On 2 Jan 2005, at 21:40, Scott Gomez wrote:
> Lost something in the English-to-English translation there, Brian.
> Those
> would be "Blackhawk" helicopters. :-) Cheekiness aside, I can state
> from my own experience in the US Navy some years ago, that this is the
> sort of mission most sailors would rather undertake over the majority
> of
> alternatives.
>
> This is a tragedy that--as far as I know--is unparalleled in the modern
> world. One hopes the rest of the world will continue to pitch in and
> assist those affected to the maximum extent possible.
>
> ---
> Scott Gomez
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