Hurricane Hits Floribbea

[Floribbea]

At approximately 4:42 AM two days ago, a tropical depression off the west coast of Martinique formed into a tropical storm, and was named Denny. At 11:05 PM last night, it upgraded to a catagory 1 hurricane. It's now a catagory 3 hurricane, upgrading unnaturally fast in the last 2 hours. And it's headed for the state of Haiti. The state has already declared a state of emergency, and the national guard is being sent in to keep order in the cities in it's path. The lower peninsula is in the storm's path. The hurricane will also hit the Bahamas, and it has a chance of hitting Miami, the nation's capital. The nation is calling for international assistance.

OOC: Please, no godmodding or deciding where the storm goes. I'll be decided where it goes.
Also, no invading. This is not a war thread.

[Rumostan]

Rumostan will be sending £2,000,000 in aid and ten Red Cross teams to start off with.

[Floribbea]

Rumostan will be sending £2,000,000 in aid and ten Red Cross teams to start off with.

Thank you for your support. Please sent them to Haiti, and make sure they're safe, the storm hasn't hit yet.

[Verbluffen III]

Verbluffen will send its storm shelter vehicles to aid the citizens. Until the storm passes, no other help will be given.

[Dolgia]

Dolgia will send 1,000,000 rubles in aid and will deploy the 2nd and 3rd Medical Detachments (10,000 men with medical supplies) to come to your aid.

[Stern des Meeres]

...Incoming Message...
Queen Sophia of Stern des Meeres would like to send $1,000,000 in medical aid to assist the victims of this horrible disaster.

[Unitary Presidential State of Romania]

To: Floribbea
From: Victor Antonescu, President of Romania

I and my government, will be donating L$ 5,000,000 leus to give aid.

Signed,

Victor Antonescu, President of Romania

[Floribbea]

IC: We graciously accept everyone's help. All aid should be sent to Haiti. Later, the Bahamas will need it.

Presidential Mansion, Miami
"We're getting assistance from multiple nations." Secretary of State David Martinson says. "The National Guard has arrived in Haiti as well."

"Good." President Marco Manyez says. "I said I'd be able to deal with this, and we're doing pretty well so far."

"There's still a chance that the storm'll hit us." Martinson says.

"I've prepared for that. I've called for the construction of the Miami World Center and the groundbreaking for the new Red Cross Headquarters to be postponed" Manyez says.

"Ok. I'm hoping the building can withstand the storm, if it does hit." Martinson says.

"Most buildings in Miami are hurricane proof, in some way. We've built the Capitol Building, the Presidential Mansion, both Miami and Miami Beach's town halls, and our memorials and monuments to be hurricane proof. The biggest issue, however, is flooding and beach erosion. If this storm does hit, it could cause catastrophic flooding." Manyez says, reviewing a list of hazards Miami would face if the storm were to hit.

"Best of luck to you, Mr. President." Martinson says as he leaves. "I will make sure my own home stays standing, just keep yours standing. We can rebuild most structures if they are damaged, but it'll be harder with a homeless president."

"I'll make sure I do as much as I can to keep myself, my wife, and the staff safe. Either way, this storm will affect us. Stay safe." Manyez says.

He begins looking over the area's evacuation routes. A last minute evacuation may be needed. In the case of evacuations, both I-195 and I-395 would be conjested. Many other roads, like Florida State Road 913 and Florida State Road 934 would be held up. All roads leading off the islands will be flooded, as will the highways leading out of the city. Already Hatian roads, including Hatian State Road 7 and Hatian State Road 2, were clogging up, making evacuations a nightmare.

OOC: You can RP humanitarian worker operations. Just pull up a map of Haiti. The affected area will be mostly the southern peninsula, to the west of Port-au-Prince.

[Rumostan]

Jacmel, Haiti

Four planes carrying aid flew past Jacmal, they were following a lead plane which dropped ten teams of twenty five onto a grassy field. The teams then quickly put down cones as a temporary landing strip and the five planes landed one by one. The teams then began to set up a small camp for the night, the one hundred guards then set up a perimeter to make sure that no one tried to kidnap the workers or steal equipment.

[Floribbea]

Jacamel, Haiti
Officials approached the camp. A few members of the National Guard saw the planes coming in, and brought police to investigate. All they found was the Rumostanian camp, but it worried them.

"Bonswa!" One of the officers says. He cannot speak english, only Haitian Creole. "Kouman ou yé?"

"Hello." One of the members of the National guard translates. "How are you?" He then adds his own bit. "You should pack up and get to safer ground. Hurricane Denny's less than 3 hours out, and it's supposed to hit halfway between here and Les Cayes."

"Kisa ou vIe?" Another officer asks. He speaks english, but it's broken. "What you want?"

[Romberg]

Official Document of the Imperial Realm of Romberg

To President Manyez and whomever it may concern,

We are concerned over the recent developments in your nation, and should you require it, we have doctors with emergency medical equipment readied at home to stop diseases from spreading once the hurricane safely passes your nation. In addition, we shall donate several hundred sets of temporary housing to house the displaced. This would help your nation recover from the storm better. In addition, we have our 3rd Military Police Corps re-activated for service, and are ready to be deployed to your nation to restore order and clear rubble as needed. Finally, through intense negotiations, the Mexican government has allowed us temporary control of the city of Cancun as a forward operating base. Should you require emergency evacuation of civilians, the city is open.

Yours sincerely,
Kaiser Hans Jerkov II
The Imperial Realm of Romberg

[Rumostan]

Jacamel, Haiti
Officials approached the camp. A few members of the National Guard saw the planes coming in, and brought police to investigate. All they found was the Rumostanian camp, but it worried them.

"Bonswa!" One of the officers says. He cannot speak english, only Haitian Creole. "Kouman ou yé?"

"Hello." One of the members of the National guard translates. "How are you?" He then adds his own bit. "You should pack up and get to safer ground. Hurricane Denny's less than 3 hours out, and it's supposed to hit halfway between here and Les Cayes."

"Kisa ou vIe?" Another officer asks. He speaks english, but it's broken. "What you want?"

The leader of the Red Cross mission, Muhammad Longman spoke 'Good morning and thank you for giving us the information. Where do you suggest that we go? We will follow you but we will need an airstrip because the equipment and planes are valuable. We also need to be in close proximity to the affected area. To the other person, we are a Red Cross mission, we are here to help you.'

[Rumostan]

Jacamel, Haiti
Officials approached the camp. A few members of the National Guard saw the planes coming in, and brought police to investigate. All they found was the Rumostanian camp, but it worried them.

"Bonswa!" One of the officers says. He cannot speak english, only Haitian Creole. "Kouman ou yé?"

"Hello." One of the members of the National guard translates. "How are you?" He then adds his own bit. "You should pack up and get to safer ground. Hurricane Denny's less than 3 hours out, and it's supposed to hit halfway between here and Les Cayes."

"Kisa ou vIe?" Another officer asks. He speaks english, but it's broken. "What you want?"

The leader of the Red Cross mission, Muhammad Longman spoke 'Good morning and thank you for giving us the information. Where do you suggest that we go? We will follow you but we will need an airstrip because the equipment and planes are valuable. We also need to be in close proximity to the affected area. To the other person, we are a Red Cross mission, we are here to help you.'

[Lolloh]

Approaching Haiti
Even though they hadn't been warned, the 19th MP Brigade and the 31st MP Brigade, a total of 10.000 men, was being sent to keep the peace and order and supervise medical dispatches throughout the area. The Haitian authorities were notified just 5 minutes before troops would be landed. Along with the men, a total of $35 million in aid was slated to help reconstruction in the even that the storm destroyed something.

The Carribbean?
Along with the MP brigades came the 297th Weather Observation Company (WOC), which determined the likelihood of success in military operations based on numbers, supplies, and weather. They had now been ordered to fly 3 observation airplanes, along with 7 helicopters, in order to conduct samples and evaluate storm development. All the samples were immediately sent to the Floribbean authorities for analysis. The storm, from the naked eye, meanwhile, appeared to be developing rapidly, very rapidly. Estimates said that as much as $500 million in damage could be done should it hit the coast, considering flooding insurance, erosion, and cleanup. It would all be very expensive.

[Lissoslavia]

Monolith Corp. will send its' best operatives to any oil rigs situated in the Gulf that belong to the corporation, in order to transport the oil reserves to a safe location, to protect Lissoslavia's interests. Every single drop is worth money.

~Chairman Manfred Stetz of Monolith Corp, Lissoslavia's economic giant~

[Floribbea]

Jacamel Haiti
"Oke." The broken-english officer says. "Ok."

The National Guard officer spoke next. "You should head further in towards Jacamel. The planes might survive, but you'll have better shelter. Or there's Port-au-Prince. It's a little further away from the storm, but it'll still get a lot of wind and rain. We don't have much time."

---

To: Monolith Corp. Chairman Manfred Stetz
From: The National Hurricane Center
Subject: Oil Rigs
Encryption: None
While we appreciate you moving the oil rigs, we do not know if the storm will end up in the gulf. It is still appreciated, however. If the storm does end up in the gulf, we will have many problems, and oil rigs are one of them. Moving your rigs will lessen the hazard of oil spills.

[Lissoslavia]

To: Monolith Corp. Chairman Manfred Stetz
From: The National Hurricane Center
Subject: Oil Rigs
Encryption: None
While we appreciate you moving the oil rigs, we do not know if the storm will end up in the gulf. It is still appreciated, however. If the storm does end up in the gulf, we will have many problems, and oil rigs are one of them. Moving your rigs will lessen the hazard of oil spills.

To: The National Hurricane Center
From: Monolith Corp. Chairman Stetz's office
Subject: Oil Rigs resolution

We understand your concerns, therefore, only the stored oil kept in the oil rig platforms, will be transported via sea. Precautions will be taken to avoid a spill. As for the oil rigs themselves, there will indeed be a spill should the storm hit them, so we are finding solutions to isolate the area around them and contain the damage. Much like what BP did during the gulf spillage crisis.

[Floribbea]

To: The Imperialist Realm of Romberg
From: The United States of Floribbea
Subject: Assistance
Encryption: Minor
We thank you for your help. However, we do not need Cancun. Citizens of Haiti are being evacuated to higher ground, and the Bahamas are evacuating citizens to Florida. We ask that you send all aid after the storm has passed over for their own safety.

[Verbluffen III]

The Verbluffen Mobile Shelters arrive in Haiti. They drive up the beach, and head to the capital of the island, their huge black Iron Crosses on their side glimmering in the sun.

[Romberg]

Ravenholm Port, Southern Romberg

Today, the port at Ravenholm was rather quiet. Without the constant stream of containers and cargo ships, it almost looked deserted. But it was for a reason. Due to the hurricane in Florribea, the Rombergian government had decided to close of the port for half a day to load up emergency supplies destined for the Rombergian forward operating base in Cancun, Mexico by ship. The supplies included many tonnes of food aid, medicine, several electrical generators, water pumps, several hundred sets of prefabricated temporary housing and other assorted aid such as disinfectants. These would be distributed to the affected areas within Floribbea together with the 3rd Military Police Corps peacekeepers to restore order and help speed up the recovery process. Hence, Cancun was selected as a forward operating base so that the C-10 transport jets could make multiple cargo runs per day. Now, once the supplies reach Cancun, it would be held there until the affected areas are declared safe enough for emergency workers to enter.

[Floribbea]

Port-au-Prince
Police and National Guard officials approach the Verbluffen vehicle just outside of Port-au-Prince.

"Bonswa!" The lead officer, a Haitian member of the National Guard says. "What is your business here? Foreign aid?"

[Verbluffen III]

Port-au-Prince
Police and National Guard officials approach the Verbluffen vehicle just outside of Port-au-Prince.

"Bonswa!" The lead officer, a Haitian member of the National Guard says. "What is your business here? Foreign aid?"

A soldier, wearing the Verbluffen uniform, pops out of the lead vehicle. "Ja, we have mobile shelters. They can withstand a category 4 hurricane, and we have 10 of them. They can hold 60 people each." He said, in a German accent.

[Floribbea]

Port-au-Prince
"Hmmm... We do not have time to get them to Cotes-de-fer." The lead officer says. "Set them down here. They're evacuating Cotes-de-fer, Jacmel, and Les Cayes. Some are headed to Port-au-Prince. We'll round them and if there's space, some from Port-au-Prince, and get them in those."

After he finishes, the ominous clouds above begin to drop fat drops of rain down as the wind picks up. A National Guard vehicle comes down Haiti State Road 2, loaded with evacuated citizens. Some are crying, others look happy to be safe. The lead officer motions to 2 others to get the car to pull over, and they run over to stop it.

[Verbluffen III]

Port-au-Prince
"Hmmm... We do not have time to get them to Cotes-de-fer." The lead officer says. "Set them down here. They're evacuating Cotes-de-fer, Jacmel, and Les Cayes. Some are headed to Port-au-Prince. We'll round them and if there's space, some from Port-au-Prince, and get them in those."

After he finishes, the ominous clouds above begin to drop fat drops of rain down as the wind picks up. A National Guard vehicle comes down Haiti State Road 2, loaded with evacuated citizens. Some are crying, others look happy to be safe. The lead officer motions to 2 others to get the car to pull over, and they run over to stop it.

"We'll get them set up then." He said, then driving this vehicle to the road, and setting large hammers into the ground.

[Floribbea]

Port-au-Prince
The truck stops, and the guards in it exit and begin talking to the other officers who were send over to it. After a brief exchange, they allow the people in the back to leave. They are rounded up, and informed that they'll take shelter into the mobile shelters. The Haitians watch as the Verbluffen soldiers set up the shelters.