FEMA CLOSELY MONITORING STORMS AND THEIR DAMAGE IN MOORE, OK, AND **

HOMELAND SECURITY SECY JANET NAPOLITANO COORDINATING WITH OK GOV MARY **

OBAMA ADMIN URGES ALL THOSE IN AFFECTED AREAS TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF **

FALLIN HAS DEPLOYED 80 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS TO ASSIST WITH SEARCH-AND- **

COMMUNICATION SNARLED BY THE STORM, AS LANDLINES AND CELL PHONE TOWERS WERE **

THE DEVASTATION FROM THE TORNADO WAS SO MASSIVE THAT IT WILL TAKE TIME TO **

AUTHORITIES ADD LIVE POWER LINES AND OPEN GAS LINES IN THE MOORE AREA POSE **

OK GOV MARY FALLIN (R) SAYS "HEARTS ARE BROKEN" FOR PARENTS WONDERING ABOUT **

FALLIN SAYS A COMMUNICATIONS CENTER HAS BEEN SET UP AT A CHURCH IN MOORE **

SHE ALSO COMMENDED RESPONDERS FOR WORKING AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN TO SORT **

FALLIN ALSO SPOKE WITH PRES OBAMA, WHO OFFERED THE NATION'S HELP AND GAVE **

A CITY IN MISSOURI SENDS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TO TORNADO-RAVAGED **

A JOPLIN CITY OFFICIAL SAYS THE COMMUNITY REMEMBERS THE HELP IT RECEIVED **

THE TEAM OF A DOZEN OR SO POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS WILL HELP PINPOINT AREAS **

FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO DONATE: REDCROSS.ORG/OKC **

ALL PATIENTS AND STAFF "AMAZINGLY" SURVIVE TORNADO HIT AT SMALL OKLAHOMA **

MOORE MEDICAL CENTER WAS "PRETTY MUCH DESTROYED" BY MONDAY'S MASSIVE **

SOME OF THE HOSPITAL'S 30 PATIENTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER FACILITIES **

AT LEAST 51 PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD AFTER HUGE TORNADO HITS OKLAHOMA CITY **

THE DEATH TOLL INCLUDES AT LEAST 20 CHILDREN **

MONDAY'S TWISTER DEVASTATED THE TOWN OF MOORE, A COMMUNITY OF ROUGHLY 40, **


 

Latest White House Press Pool Report: Where is the President? click to find out

 

From a White House Official:

 

President Obama will tour part of the Supplemental Module Outfitting Facility (SMOF), a large building at the Newport News shipyard. The SMOF supports the building of large sections of Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines and specializes in the construction of the Bow or front sections. He will be accompanied by U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) President & CEO Mike Petters, HII Corporate Vice President Matthew Mulherin and Virginia-Class Submarine Construction Director Robert Meyer.

 

During the tour, the President will see the Bow Sections of the John Warner and USS Illinois, two Virginia-class submarines currently under construction in the facility. Each Bow Section is structurally manufactured in production shops at the North end of the shipyard. All heavy steel and pressure hull plating are joined to form the module before it is brought to the SMOF for outfitting with machinery, pipe, valves, electrical components, lockers and stowage’s.

 

Remarks:

President Obama will deliver remarks to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) workers in the Supplemental Module Outfitting Facility (SMOF). He will be introduced by HII President & CEO Mike Petters.

 

Zachary Goldfarb

White House and economics writer

The Washington Post








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