{"id":74597,"date":"2017-09-10T10:10:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T14:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=74597"},"modified":"2017-09-10T10:10:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T14:10:37","slug":"gitmo-weathers-irma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=74597","title":{"rendered":"Gitmo weathers Irma"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day, the LA Times<\/a> was wringing their hands about the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba and it’s residents, most specifically, the terrorist detainees warehoused there, since Hurricane Irma was headed in that direction. The Pentagon decided that the 5000 folks there should shelter in place rather than evacuate.<\/p>\n

A special prison at the base also holds 41 detainees captured overseas and held on suspicion of terrorism, including the ringleaders of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. <\/p>\n

The base has “initiated its severe weather plans and is preparing to shelter in place,” Navy Cmdr. John Robinson, a prison spokesman, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“It has plans and procedures in place to ensure the safety of detainees in its custody during severe tropical weather conditions,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Due to force protection and operational considerations, we do not discuss details about those plans and procedures.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, they needn’t have worried. The Miami Herald<\/a> reports that everything is just fine down there;<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far no damage of any significance has been reported or discovered,\u201d Navy Capt. Dave Culpepper told the roughly 5,500 residents through a midday broadcast on Radio Gitmo. He had earlier decided not to send base residents to hardened shelters after tracks showed the storm going north of the base, and no destructive winds were expected.<\/p>\n

Bay waters were still rough, with 6-foot-swells, requiring no ferry crossings although a smaller utility boat could carry passengers between the Leeward and Windward sides.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe beaches are all still closed,\u201d Culpepper advised, reporting that after a survey of the damage \u201ctracking nicely to get back into full operations here.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, see, the beaches are closed – I’m sure that’s Trump’s fault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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