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Civil Air Patrol to conduct disaster exercise over Nacogdoches

About 70 members of the Texas Wing of the Civil Air Patrol will convene in Nacogdoches Saturday to conduct a disaster preparedness exercise. 

The operation will be based at the A.L. Mangham Regional Airport, which serves as the statewide headquarters for the Texas Wing.

The exercise will simulate the Civil Air Patrol’s hurricane response, including aerial photography and a missing person’s search. Major Lorrie Tetlow of San Antonio says when the Civil Air Patrol is called up in a hurricane, the first job is to fly over the evacuation routes to assess the traffic situation.

“We don’t want thousands of cars and thousands of people being out there with no water or anything like with what happened after [Hurricane] Katrina. We fly the routes and make sure they’re clear to send people to," Tetlow said.

The Texas Wing took more than 40,000 aerial photos during Hurricane Ike, according toTetlow. They were used to help state and federal leaders on the ground make decisions. Tomorrow,Nacogdochesresidents may see aircrews flying red, white and blue Cessna aircraft overNacogdochesand adjacent areas.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.

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