Written on October 6, 2009 at 1:24 pm by

DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: American Samoa Relief

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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Matthew Ovios

Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. EDT there will be a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with U.S. Navy Cmdr. Matthew Ovios, commanding officer of the USS Ingraham. Ovios will discuss the Ingraham’s support to American Samoa to assist with rescue and humanitarian relief there following a massive earthquake and tsunami.

Click here for the story about the relief efforts on DefenseLINK.

Listen to the Roundtable live here.

For the transcript, click here.

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  • http://www.myspace.com/busycorner John Wasko

    I, for one, have repost this notice with friends concerned about American Samoa.

    I’m looking forward to Captain Ovios’ comments on life at ground zero.

  • Don Kahoun

    How is the Power Generation and electrical Grid Restoration coming. I was in American Samoa in the 1970′s when 3 – 4.5 Mw Diesel electric generation complexes were installed to suplement Electrical generation in Amercian Samoa. I am interested in what I can do and others can do to assist in the Electric Grid restoration. I am aware that the main connection for the east and west ends of the island ran along the coast road that I am told was destroyed.

  • http://www.myspace.com/busycorner John Wasko

    @Don: The main power plant at Satala has been destroyed.. FEMA has pledged $25 million dollars to rebuild the station located in Pago Pago. In the interim, 30 1 megawatt emergency generators will be installed during the projected 3 year reconstruction phase. A second plant located in Tafuna was not damaged. T&D is still intact although feeder lines in Satala were ripped from the transformers.

    From Pago

    John Wasko

  • glenn.selby

    Thank you for your comment and thank you for visiting DoDLive.

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