Folks,
Here's what has happened to our
own USAF brethren at Keesler AFB, Gulfport MS (Biloxi, MS):
- Base
housing was largely destroyed by a 25 foot wave
- There's 4 feet of mud
in Maj Gen Utterback's house (2 AF/CC)
- MSG/CC house burned to the
ground (gas leak caught fire)
- 6000 USAF members and their families are
living in shelters
- The power will be out there for at least 3
weeks
- The 2nd largest USAF hospital (at Keesler) is closed
--
Seawater got into the generator and they have no power
- Commissary/BX
mostly destroyed
- Runway is operational; it's the only open airfield in
the area
- Day/VFR conditions only
- Gulfport Airport is closed
for the foreseeable future
- The fence around the base is severely
damaged
- Keesler had looters last night
- Maxwell AFB is sending
an SF detachment to reinforce the Keesler SF
- Parts of I-10 are under
water; at least one major bridge is down
- Keesler has almost no
communications (landline or cell)
- They are relying primarily on
radios
