Here is Mike Corey's evening report for today's events. The illness referred to concerns Army Corps of Engineers who were stricken with dysentery stationed at the western dam site. Andy who is ex-special forces was not stricken. Of special note in Mike's reports is the extraordinary kindness of the Ham volunteers sharing their food and water with families nearby and purchasing groceries for families at areciebo. Mike shared photos of Vice President Pence's visit to the EOC and his meeting with ham team leaders. We will share when we can. From: "Corey, Michael, KI1U" <KI1U@arrl.org<mailto:KI1U@arrl.org>> Date: October 10, 2017 at 8:21:06 PM EDT To: "Gallagher, Tom, Subject: Reporting in Tuesday 10/10 Day 5 – October 10, 2017 - - Following the ESF-2 Communications meeting this morning I had a meeting with our lead team – Oscar, Valerie, Gary – to discuss my role as liaison with national partners. The team has had a presence in the federal level of the EOC for over a week, and it is natural that they would have conversations and do planning with ARRL national partners in the room. The meeting was to make sure I was included in these conversations as that was a duty that fell within the scope of my assignment here. They all understood and to facilitate better communications we set up the puertorico@arrl.org<mailto:puertorico@arrl.org> email. - - We met with representatives from CDC, FEMA External Affairs, US Navy, and US Public Health Service. The topic was to discuss issues with water contamination in the towns near the Guajataca Dam. Our team member, Andy, KE0AYJ, has been the sole source of information in parts of this area for a week. We provided ground truth information to them from Andy. Over the course of the day the water situation has stabilized and Andy has reported a 98% success rate of those he treated. - - Andy will be returning to San Juan tomorrow for R&R. The four of us at the EOC have agreed to take him out for dinner (although options are limited, but beats MRE’s). - - Repeater mission keeps getting pushed back, but it looks like we might be on for Thursday. - - The Amateur Radio mission is shifting and scaling down. Red Cross will likely request more Amateurs from our list to deploy, however their mission will focus on reunification, shelters and points of distribution, and infrastructure. There are also Amateurs here supporting the Southern Baptist disaster relief and, later this week, Salvation Army. - - NTIA observed today, as though it was a new discovery, that the noise floor has gone way down. They stopped by our desk and asked if we observed the same thing. The answer was “of course, no power means less noise.” - - Tomorrow morning we will have a meeting to discuss the plan for the next week. - - More photos have been added to the one point folder - - The good work of the team has caught the attention of the Red Cross regional director, who will make sure they are mentioned in the Incident Action Plan. 73, Mike Corey, KI1U Emergency Preparedness Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio® 225 Main Street Newington CT 06111-1494 Telephone: 860-594-0222 Fax: 860-594-0259 email: ki1u@arrl.org<mailto:ki1u@arrl.org> ________________________________