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As a ship designed for disaster recovery they are very interesting, as they can provide power, clean water, food, medical care and basic services for a city, an
by newsclues 3y ago
As a ship designed for disaster recovery they are very interesting, as they can provide power, clean water, food, medical care and basic services for a city, and they can travel rapidly, but only access costal cities.
- acidburnNSA 3y agoExactly. This happens with nuclear-powered military vessels sometimes, like in Haiti 2010 where the USS Carl Vinson rolled up and desalinated 150,000 gallons of seawater per day.[1] [1] https://www.dvidshub.net/image/252518/soldiers-bring-fresh-clean-water-haiti https://www.dvidshub.net/image/252518/soldiers-bring-fresh-c... > One of the great benefits of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is that we were able to proceed at 30 knots for two full days to arrive on station,” said Carl Vinson Commanding Officer, Capt. Bruce H. Lindsey. “Our flexibility, speed and sustainability enable us to immediately begin the relief efforts.” — MC1 Jason Thompson, militarynews.com, Jan 21, 2010 [2] [2] https://www.militarynews.com/norfolk-navy-flagship/oceana/news/carl-vinson-begins-humanitarian-operations-in-haiti/article_2a3e4389-eaab-5570-b6c2-31ede28491c9.html https://www.militarynews.com/norfolk-navy-flagship/oceana/ne...
- picadores 3y ago40 % of humanity.. https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/methodology_sheets/oceans_seas_coasts/pop_coastal_areas.pdf https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/methodolo... Not to bad..