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18 Feb, 5 tweets, 1 min read
NEW: The 60 generators FEMA sent to Texas are, as of this morning, sitting in a staging area in Ft. Worth waiting for delivery instructions.

10,000 gallons of diesel fuel also standing by. FEMA officials are waiting for instructions from Texas officials about were to send it
FEMA says power outages and transportation impacts have affected COVID-19 vaccination delivery across several states with sites temporarily closed and rescheduling
appointments
Biden approved an emergency declaration for Oklahoma today. Louisiana also asked for approval yesterday. No word yet on that request.
Here are the declaration requests in progress
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17 Feb
Here's the most recent update from FEMA on the winter storms:

9 confirmed fatalities, doesn't include TX numbers

TX natural gas production curtailed; cold temperatures have caused natural gas wellhead “freeze-offs”

TX: 3.2 million (27%) customers without power
ALSO: DOE issued emergency order to authorize dispatch of additional generation units to ERCOT region
-allows ERCOT to dispatch units to meet electricity demand through Feb 19, even if they exceed emission limits of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury, and carbon monoxide
COVID vaxx sites have been closed (not all) in these states because of the storms: TX, OK, KS LA, MO, MN, WI, IL, IN, OH, MI, KY, TN, AL, MS
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6 Jan
I've covered wars oversees. I lived in Cairo during the revolution and the aftermath. Watching what happened today at the Capitol was eerily familiar to scenes I've seen take place across the world. I want to lay out a very rough timeline here from my reporting today. Thread.
Reflecting back on the last several hours it's remarkable how long it took to get the situation even somewhat under control at the Capitol
As the day started there were Capitol police on site. There were also about 300 or so NG deployed in the area to help with “security” —basically at checkpoints/manning the area.
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6 Jan
Very quick update: the NG has been requested at the Capitol. Discussions underway
There are about 300 NG that have been activated before this afternoon but it's unclear how many will respond directly in a LE capacity at Capitol vs security, checkpoints, etc
From people I spoke with the NG request came right after people got onto the Capitol steps and into the building
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18 Dec 20
There have been concerns for weeks about the lack of clear comms between states and the admin about vaccine distribution. State officials feared there would be shortages and that they wouldn’t get what they were promised in terms of doses.
We’ve been speaking to officials across the country who as of Monday still had no idea when they were getting their shipments
Some states were so concerned about this happening that they spelled it out in black and white in the vaccine distribution plans they submitted to the CDC.
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17 Dec 20
NEW: I've spent the past few days in hospitals in Providence to report on the dire COVID situation. The recent surge hasn’t just overwhelmed RI, it’s completely overrun it.

The vaccine arrived this week and docs didn't have time to celebrate

Dispatch: thedailybeast.com/rhode-island-i…
Special thanks to all the healthcare workers who spent time with me. S/o to @meganranney and the home healthcare nurses who don't have enough PPE to take care of patients when they return back to their families

thedailybeast.com/rhode-island-i…
The situation in Providence is overwhelming. The day the vaccine arrived, RI reported 46 new deaths and 3,253 new cases, meaning that one out of every 325 people reported being infected.

thedailybeast.com/rhode-island-i…
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25 Nov 20
I spent a lot of time speaking with nurses and docs about what a spike in new cases would mean for their hospitals. The anxiety is especially high in Wisconsin. One nurse I spoke to said her hospital is at capacity and that she's seen an influx of pediatric cases in recent weeks:
This one nurse said she's treated more than a dozen babies under 60 days as well as a slew of children with diabetes, including one 13 year old who remains intubated.
This nurse said one of the biggest issues she has to deal with is families coming into the ER convinced that COVID-19 is not real or that it doesn't impact children.
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