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There will be thousands of loads, if not more. In our first project, we handled over 600 loads for Hurricane Isabel. This was not a huge hurricane and didn’t match the size of the Florida Four or Katrina. Some states are better prepared than others. Florida is world-class. I suspect Texas is also better prepared than most. The damage that Harvey inflicted on Texas will be massive and will take months to clean up. Expect truck demand to last for months and more than 10,000 loads.
You will sit. When you get to the relief site, no one will have a clue what to do with you or be able to tell you where to go. Expect that there will be hundreds of other trucks waiting around with you for further instructions. The issue is that any decision requires the coordination of local, state, and Federal officials before any freight can be delivered. We had to get sign off from seven different agencies before delivering the first load, this is slow and painful. You will be dealing with government officials, many of which are not familiar with logistics and don’t understand what it takes to handle such projects. Also, considering the fact that the last major hurricane to hit the US was over twelve years ago, it is likely that few of the folks on the ground will have any clue what to do. They will be learning on the job.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2017/8/27/what-to-expect-with-fema