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FRANKLIN, Indiana — Severe storms flooded central Indiana with as much as 10 inches of rain and spawned tornadoes that ripped up roofs and flipped tractor-trailers in Wisconsin and the Chicago suburbs.

The floods in Indiana threatened dams, inundated highways and forced the Coast Guard to rescue residents from swamped homes Saturday. Rising waters forced the evacuation of more than 100 patients and doctors from a hospital south of Indianapolis.

To the northwest, Chicago-area residents ran for cover as tornadoes touched down throughout the region.

Wisconsin had a few tornado injuries, and at least one injury was reported near Chicago. The governor declared an emergency in 17 counties as the Coast Guard was called in from the Great Lakes to help with flooding that has forced hundreds of people from their homes.

Indiana had been spared any reported deaths or injuries due to flooding, but the Coast Guard was called in from the Great Lakes to help with flooding that has forced hundreds of people from their homes and closed portions of major routes.

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Originally posted by chief74Ret:
Flood relief is and has been the CG mission for years,they have the boats to geter done.

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Originally posted by SociallyAutistic:
Indiana's a red state with maybe ten miles of lakefront ... I say let 'em float.

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Originally posted by Dave1960:
Comms can be problematic due to the local/state agencies use of certain modes of UHF or VHF frequencies that our aircraft are not yet able to tune into. (HINT, HINT, you guys in HQ - - - the fix for the comms thing is out there; the legalities remain).

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Originally posted by chief74Ret:
Flood relief is and has been the CG mission for years,they have the boats to geter done.

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Originally posted by militia1:

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FRANKLIN, Indiana — Severe storms flooded central Indiana with as much as 10 inches of rain and spawned tornadoes that ripped up roofs and flipped tractor-trailers in Wisconsin and the Chicago suburbs.

The floods in Indiana threatened dams, inundated highways and forced the Coast Guard to rescue residents from swamped homes Saturday. Rising waters forced the evacuation of more than 100 patients and doctors from a hospital south of Indianapolis.

To the northwest, Chicago-area residents ran for cover as tornadoes touched down throughout the region.

Wisconsin had a few tornado injuries, and at least one injury was reported near Chicago. The governor declared an emergency in 17 counties as the Coast Guard was called in from the Great Lakes to help with flooding that has forced hundreds of people from their homes.

Indiana had been spared any reported deaths or injuries due to flooding, but the Coast Guard was called in from the Great Lakes to help with flooding that has forced hundreds of people from their homes and closed portions of major routes.

BZ to these guys. From an emergency management planning standpoint, I have to wonder why the area cant depend on National Guard assets. I know Indiana has'nt sent everything to Iraq. Has the CG changed its mission to reflect air assistance during natural disasters? Is there an Memo of Understanding in place about who is responsible for what?

I would urge some caution here, you're going to start flying for 911 calls if you let this get out of hand.

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Originally posted by Mightyz90_93:
Tony;
Yes there is an MOU. It is between us and the USAF, who is the Inland SAR Coordinator. (land, air, etc) What happens behind the scene is that some level of EM starts the request up, it ends up at the USAFRCC, who puts it down through CG Channels. (when they can not or do not find someone else) In technical terms, it is the USAF asking us to do it. Often 'heads up' phone calls are made and the assist happens beofre the official request hits, but that is what happens.

There are A/Ss in the CG that ROUTINELY do more inland SAR than over water SAR. I am talking about regular old everyday, not storm, no disaster, no nothing. HumBay was that way all four years I ran the Command Center.