Hurricane Igor caused widespread damage across parts of eastern
Newfoundland on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, as heavy rains flooded
communities, washed out roads and stranded some residents in their
homes. Most heavily hit were the Burin and Bonavista Peninsulas.
Operation Lama is the Canadian Forces joint response to the devastation
caused by Igor.
More than 1,000 Army, Navy and Air Force personnel are undertaking a
wide variety of tasks during Op Lama:
•delivering critical supplies such as food, water, medical supplies and
fuel
•providing medical evacuation
•assisting in moving power crews and materials to repair power grids
•delivering generators and re-supplying fuel to main communications
nodes
•assisting with bridging and road repair and transporting engineering
analysis teams.
The Air Force’s contributions to the operation have included imaging
and reconnaissance flights by a CP-140 Aurora, delivery of freight and
personnel to 9 Wing Gander by a CC-177 Globemaster III and numerous
flights by CH-124 Sea King helicopters from 12 Wing Shearwater, N.S.
delivering supplies and moving personnel.
“I just wanted to send a Big THANK YOU to all you guys who came to
Clarenville, NL and area to clean up after Hurricane Igor..It’s a great
pleasure to have all of you here,” wrote a resident of Clarenville on
the Write to the Troops website last Friday.
“I was one of the lucky ones who got to meet several of you guys at my
workplace and it was a honor to serve you guys on a regular basis..I
wish you all the best and salute you for a job well done...Thanks
again.”
This domestic humanitarian relief mission is led by Canada Command and
conducted through Joint Task Force Atlantic. Operation Lamais the
official name designated by the Canadian Forces for CF domestic
operations involving military response following hurricanes in Canada.
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