Thread: FEMA Region 3 Has Been Activated: Emergency Situation Breaking In West Virginia

FEMA Region 3 Has Been Activated: Emergency Situation Breaking In West Virginia


Saturday, January 11, 2014 7:26

By Josey Wales
State of Emergency: EMERGENCY SITUATION BREAKING IN WEST VIRGINIA

Many Reports are coming in to Sentinel Command of massive fighting breaking loose in West Virginia over Bottled water as the Chemical Spill Situation continues.



As predicted, Fema Region 3 has now been activated, National Guard has also been been called out as this area in West Virginia has been declared a state of emergency. This chemical spill is now affecting 9 counties and over 100,000 residents are directly affected.





All water in the area has been contaminated with the chemical (4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol), a chemical used in the coal industry. This chemical will make a person sick but it is not deadly unless ingested in huge quantity.

The incident occurred Thursday on the Elk River in Charleston, West Virginia’s capital and largest city, upriver from the eastern U.S. state’s largest water treatment plant.

There have been several reports that indicate despite the intervention of State officials; FEMA; the National Guard and local law enforcement, slow distribution of water may be causing tension among the concerned populous. (See FEMA press release)



All stores have been depleted of bottled water, situation has become desperate as citizens are now fighting over resources.

Update: Over 300,000 are affected in a 9 county area.

Update: West Virginia 9/11: FEMA Region 3 is a False Flag for the EPA Power ( Here’s Why-Video) The West Virginia chemical spill will likely have a big influence on the US Senate, which is now unlikely to pass the bill. In West Virginia, federal authorities opened an investigation into what caused the leak that poisoned the river and shut down much of the state’s capital, Charleston and surrounding counties. US Attorney Booth Goodwin said authorities will take whatever action is appropriate based on the evidence found, reports the Associated Press.

CDC issued the state of emergency, Schools, restaurants and businesses have been shut down.



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Federal Aid Programs for the State of West Virginia

www.fema.gov/.../01/10/federal-aid-programs-state-west-virginia
2 days ago
Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama's emergency ...


WestVirginiaChemicalSpill

www.fema.gov/disaster/3366
3 days ago
Emergency Declaration number 3366 issued Fri, 01/10/2014 - 00:30


FEMA Supporting West Virginia Response Efforts Urges Residents in Affected Area to Listen to Local Officials

www.fema.gov/news-release/2014/01/10/fema-supporting-west-virg...
2 days ago
with the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to support state and local efforts to ensure public health and safety, ...


West Virginia Chemical Spill (EM-3366) | FEMA.gov
www.fema.gov/es/disaster/3366
West Virginia Chemical Spill (EM-3366) Periodo del incidente: 9 enero, 2014. Declaración de Emergencias declarado el 10 enero, 2014. Updates and ...


News for 'west virginia chemical spill'by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

FEMA Continues to Support Response Efforts in West Virginia Residents Urged to Continue Following Guidance from Local Officials
News about 22 hours ago


What We’re Watching: 1/10/14
FEMA Blog 1 day ago


FEMA Supporting West Virginia Response Efforts Urges Residents in Affected Area to Listen to Local Officials
News 2 days ago




President Obama Signs West Virginia Emergency Declaration

www.fema.gov/news-release/2014/01/10/president-obama-signs-wes...
2 days ago
State of West Virginia to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from a chemicalspill on January 9, ...


Updates for West Virginia Chemical Spill (EM-3366) | FEMA.gov

www.fema.gov/disaster/3366/updates
Federal Emergency Management Agency. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472. General Operator: (202) 646-2500. ...


Disaster Federal Register Notices: West VirginiaChemical ...

www.fema.gov/disaster/3366/notices
Disaster Federal Register Notices: West Virginia Chemical Spill. Main Content. Amendment No. 1. Date of Notice: Friday, January 10, 2014. Ready.gov is ...


FEMA Continues to Support Response Efforts in WestVirginia ...

https://www.fema.gov/news-release/20...esidents-urged
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Updates and Articles, Blogs, and News Releases | FEMA.gov

www.fema.gov/disaster/3366/updates-blog-news
West Virginia Chemical Spill (EM-3366) Updates and Articles, Blogs, ... in response to emergency conditions resulting from achemical spill in ...


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1. OzarksFirst.com

   Gleaning for the World sends water to West Virginia Lynchburg News and Advance-Jan 10, 2014 ... The World warehouse in Appomattox to be shipped to West Virginia on Friday. The trucks hold up to 26,000 bottles of water which will aid the ... + Show more

2. South Carolina businessman donates water to West Virginians State Journal-21 hours ago Three trucks of donated bottled water were delivered Jan. ...According to West Virginia American Water, a Do Not Use Waterorder has been ...

Residents load up on bottled water in Charleston, W.Va. (AP)

'Light at the end of the tunnel' for West Virginia water crisis

A police officer helps at a water distribution center in Charleston, W.Va., where some 300,000 people were in their fourth day under orders not to use tap water after a chemical spill. (Michael Switzer / Associated Press / January 12, 2014)

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By Matt Pearce
January 12, 2014, 5:50 p.m.

West Virginians saw signs of hope Sunday even as 300,000 people spent a fourth day under orders not to use their tap water after a chemical spill.

"I believe we’re at a point where we see light at the end of the tunnel," Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said. Water samples had shown positive signs that traces of a coal-cleaning chemical were slowly fading from the supply for nine counties, he said.

There was still no timeline on when residents could use their water again, however, forcing residents and businesses to get creative on how they could safely cook, wash their hands and wash their clothes.

In Charleston, restaurants with proper safety plans and the tentative approval of the county health manager were beginning to reopen.

Stores that had run out of bottled water had restocked, receiving emergency deliveries from surrounding states.

The city's three Charleston Area Medical Center hospitals were expected to resume scheduled medical procedures on Monday after receiving trucked-in water. Schools were expected to reopen by Tuesday.

“It will be my expectation that most businesses will be open tomorrow," Tomblin told reporters on Sunday.

Area churches and other facilities unaffected by the tainted water offered showers for residents who had gone days without bathing.

“I had a person [from Charleston] that was deaf come in and was writing down on a piece of paper that he would like to shower," said Jeannie Henson, the manager on duty at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington, which was unaffected by the chemical spill. "And the desk clerk here wrote back, 'Yes, we have rooms where you can shower.'

Yes, it was very touching. He had his family with him.”

The hotel, about 50 miles west of the capital, had set aside a floor of rooms for affected West Virginians, and families had been coming in for showers all day, Henson told the Los Angeles Times.

"We're doing all we can," said Henson, whose daughter in Charleston planned to come by Henson's house to do laundry.

At the Tri-County YMCA in Scott Depot -- about 20 miles west of Charleston -- there was a two-hour wait for showers.

An employee told The Times that the facility was hooked up to a different water supply from the one that had been contaminated by a coal-cleaning chemical, which leaked into the Elk River on Thursday.

Ten people have been hospitalized and 169 more treated for possible exposure to 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, the colorless liquid that leaked out of a one-inch hole in a storage tank sitting along the river, state officials said Sunday.

The leak was discovered after government officials responded to a complaint about the chemical's smell Thursday morning, state environmental officials said.

The chemical slipped into the river about a mile and a half upstream from a water treatment plant, forcing officials to scramble to learn about an obscure chemical whose effects on humans were not well known.

On Sunday, Tomblin criticized Freedom Industries, the chemical company, for not being more forthcoming about the chemical after the leak began.

"Most people did not know a whole lot about this particular chemical. … We’ve had to do a lot of research,” Tomblin said, adding, “Perhaps they could have been a little more forthcoming to offer their assistance. … It would have been very helpful."

Freedom Industries, whose executives have been tight-lipped since a news conference Friday evening, did not respond to a request for comment Sunday evening.

Before the spill, there had not been much oversight of the facility, state officials said. Because the Freedom Industries facility stored the chemicals but didn't process them, state environmental officials weren't responsible for inspecting the tanks. And because the chemical was not classified as extremely dangerous, the company was not subject to stricter government regulation.

State officials contacted the Centers for Disease Control for guidance, and said the agency told them that the water could be considered safe for human use when there was only one part per million of the chemical in the water.

On Sunday, officials at Tomblin's news conference said they had completed two tests on the water treatment plant that had been initially contaminated and found zero parts per million both times.

Officials said they were moving forward with plans on telling residents how to flush their homes' water systems, which would have to be done zone by zone. The governor continued to urge patience, however.

“Things are looking right; they’re trending in the right direction," Tomblin said. But, he added, "Please don’t jump ahead. ... It’s important for people to wait until all tests have been done.”

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nation...#ixzz2qEwQtbeJ