[movermike] movermike: Wake Island Damage Assessment

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Wake Island Damage Assessment
http://www.movermike.com/posts/1158191907.shtml


   Photos have been released by the U.S. Coast Guard of damage to [1]Wake
   Island caused by Typhoon Ioke.

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   U.S. Coast Guard
   A photo taken over Wake Island during an aerial assessment by the
   Coast Guard shows buildings damaged by Typhoon Ioke. The overall toll
   of the storm was not as great as had been feared.

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   U.S. Coast Guard
   Forecasters feared that anything not made of concrete would be
   destroyed on Wake Island, but Typhoon Ioke apparently spared the
   2.5-square-mile island of catastrophic damage.

     It remained unclear...what will happen to the base. ... officials
     with Gen. George C. Kenney Headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base,
     Hawaii, will decide the need and urgency of making it an
     operational base again.

   [2]Wake Island [3]Typhoon Ioke [4]U.S. Coast Guard [5]Mover Mike

References

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   2. http://technorati.com/tag/Wake+Island
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/Typhoon+Ioke
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/U.S.+Coast+Guard
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/Mover+Mike