The PDN’s special insert on disaster preparedness and recovery was informative, but an important recovery option seems to be lacking.
We are basically seacoast communities and I saw no mention of recovery efforts by sea.
Nearly all of the “islands” have coastal beaches or bays.
Supplies and medical help could be beached within reach of most of our population when roads and airports are unusable.
A hospital ship like the USS Hope could even be positioned within reach.
Hopefully someone reading this will know how to bring this option to the planning area people.
It may already be under consideration, but after FEMA’s operations in Puerto Rico, I did not want to miss an opportunity to bring it to light now.
Gerald Carpenter,
Sequim