Waterbuffalo
12-19-2007, 05:36 AM
Thought this might interest some folks that helicopters from NAS Whidbey was out flying saving people from the Chehalis River Flood and basin.
Here is a quote from the article:
December18, 2007
Elaine Walker, Anacortes American, (sister paper to the Skagit Valley Herald)
"Three Navy Search and Rescue missions were launched from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island last week to pick up and carry 91 flood-stranded residents of Lewis and Thurston counties to safety, according to a Navy press release.
“It was like an exam right out of our training manuals, and 91 rescues later, we all passed with A’s,” said Lt. Kiersten Whitacre, NAS Whidbey SAR Office"
You can find a whole heck of a lot more of the article here:
http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/news/article/nas_whidbey_helps_flood_stranded_people/
Here is a quote from the article:
December18, 2007
Elaine Walker, Anacortes American, (sister paper to the Skagit Valley Herald)
"Three Navy Search and Rescue missions were launched from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island last week to pick up and carry 91 flood-stranded residents of Lewis and Thurston counties to safety, according to a Navy press release.
“It was like an exam right out of our training manuals, and 91 rescues later, we all passed with A’s,” said Lt. Kiersten Whitacre, NAS Whidbey SAR Office"
You can find a whole heck of a lot more of the article here:
http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/news/article/nas_whidbey_helps_flood_stranded_people/