{"id":68264,"date":"2016-10-03T10:57:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T14:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68264"},"modified":"2016-10-03T19:42:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T23:42:12","slug":"guantanamo-plans-evacuation-for-matthew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68264","title":{"rendered":"Guantanamo plans evacuation for Matthew"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chris sends us a press release from Guantanamo which announces that they’ll be evacuating families and non-essential personnel from the Navy base as Hurricane Matthew bears down on the Caribbean island detention camp. ABC’s Good Morning America<\/a> reports that Matthew is a Category 4 Hurricane and inching it’s way toward Cuba;<\/p>\n

The center was expected to pass about 50 miles east of the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, where authorities evacuated about 700 spouses and children of service members on military transport planes to Florida, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n

The U.S. installation has a population of about 5,500, including 61 men held at the detention center for terrorism suspects. Navy Capt. David Culpepper, the base commander, said emergency shelters had been set up and authorities were bracing for 80 mph winds and storm surge and heavy rain that could threaten some low-lying areas, including around the power plant and water desalination facility.<\/p>\n

“We have no choice but to prepare ourselves for to take a frontal assault if you will,” Culpepper told the AP.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Someone sends us an update from Pensacola <\/a>;<\/p>\n

About 700 military family members from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who are riding out Hurricane Matthew at Pensacola Naval Air Station have moved into the base hotel and are being made comfortable with everything from meals to movies, Capt. Christopher Martin, commander of the base, said Monday.<\/p>\n

The military dependents arrived Sunday and will stay at the Pensacola base until it is safe for them to return to Cuba, Martin said.<\/p>\n

From diapers to dog food, the Pensacola base is making sure the families have what they need to be comfortable during their stay.<\/p>\n

Some family pets traveled with the group and the base made an exception to its no pets rule to allow the pets to stay with the families.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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