{"id":35123,"date":"2019-05-30T11:07:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T15:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=35123"},"modified":"2019-05-30T11:07:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T15:07:40","slug":"commentary-working-together-in-preparation-for-hurricane-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-working-together-in-preparation-for-hurricane-season\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: Working Together In Preparation for Hurricane Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Op-Ed by Ambassador Linda Taglialatela, U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS<\/strong><\/p>

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\u201cWorking Together In Preparation for Hurricane Season\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    As we begin hurricane season, all of us in the Eastern Caribbean must work together to prepare our families and fellow citizens for the potential destruction these storms can unleash.\u00a0 The devastation of Hurricanes Irma and Maria are constant reminders that these storms are the biggest threats to the region.\u00a0 One category four or five hurricane can severely damage an island\u2019s economy, security, and social stability.<\/p>

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    The United States is part of the Caribbean, and as a neighbor and partner we share common values, mutual security interests, and similar weather.\u00a0 The devastation of the 2017 hurricane season also adversely impacted Texas and Puerto Rico.\u00a0 To mitigate the destruction of a hurricane or other natural disaster, the United States has worked closely with governments, regional entities, and non-government leaders at the policy, regional, and country levels over the past two years to make sure the Caribbean is ready for natural disasters.<\/p>\n

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    Over the last six months, Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan met with Caribbean leaders to strengthen our partnership on hurricane preparedness and other natural disasters that affect the region.\u00a0 The first meeting was held in September 2018 during the United Nations General Assembly to discuss our plans on disaster preparedness.\u00a0 The second was the April 12 U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership meeting hosted by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).\u00a0 This conference brought together ministers and senior government officials from 15 Caribbean countries, along with representatives from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Regional Security System and U.S. experts, to reaffirm U.S. commitment to help with disaster preparedness, response and resilience, and to share experiences and information on innovative tools and solutions for disaster management.<\/p>\n

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    At the regional level, Tradewinds, a SOUTHCOM-sponsored annual exercise designed to help the United States and the Caribbean better prepare for natural disasters, land and maritime threats, will bring together international defense, law enforcement, and security institutions in the Dominican Republic and St. Vincent and the Grenadines in June to conduct joint exercises in advance of hurricane season.\u00a0 In September 2018, I announced SOUTHCOM\u2019s plan to purchase medical equipment and supplies to support the Barbados Defense Force\u2019s initiative to develop a World Health Organization-certified field hospital that can be deployed to support regional partners for disaster response.\u00a0 This $1.6 million donation is scheduled to be delivered to Barbados this summer.<\/p>\n

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    The United States also supports Eastern Caribbean governments and non-governmental organizations that work in the same field.\u00a0 One of the lessons learned from 2017 was that there existed a severe lack of reliable communications for governments to provide assessments of hurricane impact and to request assistance in a timely manner.\u00a0 In response to these concerns, the United States is making available satellite phones to Eastern Caribbean governments, their national emergency management agencies, CDEMA, and other islands.<\/p>\n

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    The U.S. government has provided the Inter-American Foundation with $650,000 in grants to non-governmental organizations to build resiliency and improve disaster mitigation in Eastern Caribbean countries.\u00a0 Over the years, the Embassy has trained many of the local experts that will be needed in an emergency via professional and academic exchanges.\u00a0 Upon returning to their home countries, they have organized grants programs that prioritize helping the most vulnerable people in the region.\u00a0 A project in Barbados worked with secondary school students and teachers from different schools to create individual disaster plans and provide first aid training.\u00a0 A project in Dominica organized a disaster preparedness workshop at our American Corner in Roseau with help from USAID.<\/p>\n

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    USAID continues to provide training to national disaster management entities throughout the Eastern Caribbean in key content areas, including capacity building on initial damage assessment, shelter management, and search and rescue operations.\u00a0 USAID has pre-positioned plastic sheeting and other emergency equipment in high-risk countries.\u00a0 This is the first year these supplies have been pre-positioned in the region.\u00a0 In Dominica, there is enough sheeting to cover 600 houses in the event of a hurricane or tropical storm.<\/p>\n

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    While we were fortunate to experience a mild hurricane season in 2018, the lessons of 2017 are that we cannot take anything for granted.\u00a0 The United States has learned these lessons and has increased our efforts to help the Eastern Caribbean prepare for this year\u2019s hurricane season.\u00a0 I know our Eastern Caribbean neighbors are doing the same.\u00a0 In doing so, you will find the United States is a willing and reliable partner for this upcoming hurricane season and beyond because your safety and security are intrinsically linked to our own.\u00a0\u00a0 As the old saying goes, pray for the best, but prepare for the worst.<\/p>\n

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    Op-Ed by Ambassador Linda Taglialatela, U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS \u201cWorking Together In Preparation for Hurricane Season\u201d \u00a0 As we begin hurricane season, all of us in the Eastern Caribbean must work together to prepare our families and fellow citizens for the potential destruction these storms can unleash.\u00a0 The devastation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nCOMMENTARY: Working Together In Preparation for Hurricane Season - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-working-together-in-preparation-for-hurricane-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COMMENTARY: Working Together In Preparation for Hurricane Season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Op-Ed by Ambassador Linda Taglialatela, U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS \u201cWorking Together In Preparation for Hurricane Season\u201d \u00a0 As we begin hurricane season, all of us in the Eastern Caribbean must work together to prepare our families and fellow citizens for the potential destruction these storms can unleash.\u00a0 The devastation […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-working-together-in-preparation-for-hurricane-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-30T15:07:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dominica-Press-Tour-2017.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"4211\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2587\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-working-together-in-preparation-for-hurricane-season\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-working-together-in-preparation-for-hurricane-season\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"COMMENTARY: Working Together In Preparation for Hurricane Season\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-30T15:07:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-30T15:07:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-working-together-in-preparation-for-hurricane-season\/\"},\"wordCount\":784,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-working-together-in-preparation-for-hurricane-season\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1757\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dominica-Press-Tour-2017.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-working-together-in-preparation-for-hurricane-season\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-working-together-in-preparation-for-hurricane-season\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-working-together-in-preparation-for-hurricane-season\/\",\"name\":\"COMMENTARY: Working Together In Preparation for Hurricane Season - 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