The Wire - PRIORITY - September 30, 2024

this is the wire for 1830 zillu September 30th 2024 preceden as priority information cut off at 1730 bottom line up front hurricane damage in southeastern United States catastrophic do worker union strike to begin tomorrow shutting down most East Coast ports on the home front in the United States a nationwide Verizon outage was reported this morning affecting most of the United States analyst comment as Cellular Communications have been strange due to the increased demand throughout the southeast localized outages have been reported the cause of this National outage has not been disclosed however and is possibly unrelated to storm damage the widespread telecoms issues throughout the southeast already present an exceptionally vulnerable Target for Mal actors both foreign and domestic throughout the East Coast the international long shorman Association or Ila labor union has voted to conduct the first Total Port strike since 1977 starting Tuesday October 1 most high-risk rail Freight has already been stopped as of last week so as to avoid Hazmat or or other lootable materials being stuck on the track due to the labor strike on the west coast landbased Freight is already overwhelmed as cargo operations shift to trucks of which there are not enough to mitigate the impacts to Freight operations as such long lines and processing times are being reported around the country at every major Logistics Hub analyst comment the impact that this labor strike will have on Logistics will without question be catastrophic due to the devastated American Southeast if this goes forward the logistical problems already in play will likely result in a near total break break down of most cargo operations throughout the Eastern United States East Coast ports being shut down combined with the apocalyptic damage reported in the Southeast presents a clear and present danger to National Security in the southeastern United States Devastation from Hurricane Helen remains at historic levels due to the sheer scale of the disaster potentially thousands remain missing and North Carolina Department of Transportation authorities continue to urge everyone to consider all roads in Western North Carolina closed until further notice even interstates were major highways Asheville is the largest metropolitan Center that has suffered severe damage largely due to all roads into and out of the city being blocked or unnavigable for most Vehicles looting has also been reported throughout most of the flood damaged regions in Florida the city of okobe is under a state of deao Martial law as the chief of police Donald Hagen signs a local state of emergency declaration nullifying the Second Amendment the possession of firearms in public and the sale of ammunition has been completely banned the display of firearms by gun stores has been banned analyst comment as it stands in this municipality this appears to be a complete and total ban on the possession of all firearms in public it is unknown as to if law enforcement officials are enforcing this policy or not in Georgia a major chlorine processing facility caught fire in conjurs over the weekend this is one of the most significant Factory fires in Georgia's history with plume analysis indicating hazardous debris being deposited throughout the region initial reports from local responders indicate that chlorine has been detected leading to mass evacuations around the factory and a shelter and place order for the entirety of Rockdale County analyst comment details are unconfirmed regarding the origin of the fire however the internal fire suppression system itself may have exacerbated the situation as chemicals have reacted with the water resulting in either the fire starting in the first place or at minimum The Blaze being more substantial Haze and chemical odors have been reported in Atlanta prompting local authorities to recommend the closing of exterior ventilation systems for structures and vehicles throughout fton County in Washington DC the White House approved another 4 inade package yesterday with 567 million being sent to Taiwan for defense analyst comments for this wire as the southeast continues to mitigate the first order effects of such a historic disaster these secondary and tertiary effects will likely be even more catastrophic for instance Baxter healthc care is one of the largest providers of dialysis equipment and supplies in the United States one of Baxter's major manufacturing facilities was located in North Cove North Carolina this facility which imployed 2500 workers is underwater Baxter Healthcare is doing everything possible to ensure that they can increase production at other facilities to prevent shortages of dialysis supplies however shortages are exceptionally likely to occur over the next few weeks many other single points of failure are scattered throughout the southeast one Factory that is the sole source of a random widget that's urgently needed by a far-flung company to make something else a single mine that produces the world's supply of a certain specific mineral or water treatment facilities that are the only drinking water source for tens of thousands of people that rely on Aging infrastructure that was at a Breaking Point even before the disaster another major complicating factor that is directly resulting in increasing tensions is the lack of National Guard soldiers available for disaster recovery and Tennessee roughly 700 soldiers from the 278th armored Cavalry Regiment deployed to Kuwait on Saturday in North Carolina though the soldiers themselves are ready willing and able to help the red tape of bureaucracy has hindered efforts the efforts undertaken by service members on the ground are outstanding and exceptional in every way however at higher levels of command the numbers of resources committed to this response indicate the scale of support roughly 500 North Carolina National Guard soldiers and 200 aircraft and vehicles have been deployed to Aid citizens during this disaster for scale this is representative of the forces dedicated for a small training exercise according to the North Carolina National Guard statements on social media roughly 34,000 lb of cargo has been transported by the National Guard for This Disaster as of yesterday this is roughly one or two convoys worth of cargo and can be sling loaded by a single uh60 Blackhawk in about four or five trips conservatively up to 5,000 soldiers have been slated for Recovery efforts and throughout this week recovery Aid will increase substantially but again red tape is resulting in a lethargic response in many states this is greatly hindering search and rescue efforts and the movement of cargo at the moment but in a few weeks this will become more serious during disasters of this scale delays are often cascading a delay of 24 hours now will cause a week's worth of problems later on since North Carolina only received a federal disaster declaration yesterday resources have been slow to flow into the the region speed and the violence of action have not been a part of most of the response higher than the municipal level with state level resources being lethargic Federal resources have largely been non-existent in many areas with the overwhelming majority of Aid and rescue efforts being undertaken by local authorities and volunteers paying for food Fuel and water out of their own pocket many truckers are also reporting that FEMA is not posting Freight missions for independent truckers to accept however this cannot be confirmed at this time most recovery efforts are centered on Asheville North Carolina due to the population of 100,000 being without food and water for the next few weeks however dozens of smaller towns have been hit harder with many communities simply no longer existing due to flood waters washing away entire streets this concludes the wire for 1830 Zulu September 30th 2024