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Hey , I'm Kent Cardwell . I'm a small

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craft operator with the Army Corps of

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Engineers , Jacksonville District . And

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we're down here post hurricane Milton ,

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um , in Tampa Bay , Sarasota area on

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the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway doing

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a survey of the Intercoastal waterway

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so that barge traffic can resume and

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the coast guard can ensure the

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waterways are safe for all marine

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traffic . It's important to get the

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harbors open and running again because

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that's where , um , a lot of the ,

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probably most of the petroleum products ,

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gas and diesel and oil comes in to keep

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all the gas stations open . And , uh ,

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a lot of the supplies , these supplies

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come into the port . So as soon as we

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can get them safe to , to travel again ,

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um , for shipping , the sooner we can

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get all the supplies back to the folks

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on the mainland . We're doing a three

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line survey . So we run the middle of

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the channel and then both sides just

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kind of a quick and , um , fast

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survey to make sure there's and check

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for obstructions to make sure there's

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no big sand bars that have drifted in

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and completely blocked the channel and

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then we're checking for obstructions ,

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of course , and these day beacons that

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are blown over , um , so the Coast

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Guard can know what they need to work

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on to get things back to operating

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safely . It's important for the Army

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Corps of Engineers to be down here

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doing this because it , uh , keeps

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shipping coming to these , uh , ports

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that can support fuel and all the

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supplies that need to come in . And ,

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uh , that's our , that's our mission

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statement is to keep the , uh ,

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infrastructure running , keep things

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moving .