As if we don't get enough ice around here...
Ice Meant For Gulf Coast Ends Up In Bay State
Truck Drivers Say Orders Make No Sense
POSTED: 12:13 pm EDT September 21, 2005
UPDATED: 12:20 pm EDT September 21, 2005
GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- Hundreds of thousands of ice cubes meant for the hurricane relief effort in the Gulf Coast ended up in Massachusetts.
NewsCenter 5's Jack Harper reported that more than a dozen truck drivers waited for hours in Gloucester Tuesday.
"I thought that they are crazy. It just didn't seem right," truck driver Pete Valdes said.
He was ordered to drive his ice to the Bay State.
"I picked it up in Syracuse, N.Y., and then I drove it down to Montgomery, Ala. I stayed out there for about eight days. They called us up, and they told us to move it up here to this facility," Valdes said.
Some of the truckers are reportedly making up to $900 per day on the FEMA job, but some are frustrated because they have not accomplished what they set out to do -- help the flood victims.
"You are right there, about 100 miles from where it's supposed to be, and all of a sudden, they want you to drive 1,200 miles the opposite way in order to drop the load. It just don't seem right," Valdes said.
A spokeswoman for FEMA said that too much ice was ordered for the Gulf Coast and they had to redirect the shipments.
JT
Ice Meant For Gulf Coast Ends Up In Bay State
Truck Drivers Say Orders Make No Sense
POSTED: 12:13 pm EDT September 21, 2005
UPDATED: 12:20 pm EDT September 21, 2005
GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- Hundreds of thousands of ice cubes meant for the hurricane relief effort in the Gulf Coast ended up in Massachusetts.
NewsCenter 5's Jack Harper reported that more than a dozen truck drivers waited for hours in Gloucester Tuesday.
"I thought that they are crazy. It just didn't seem right," truck driver Pete Valdes said.
He was ordered to drive his ice to the Bay State.
"I picked it up in Syracuse, N.Y., and then I drove it down to Montgomery, Ala. I stayed out there for about eight days. They called us up, and they told us to move it up here to this facility," Valdes said.
Some of the truckers are reportedly making up to $900 per day on the FEMA job, but some are frustrated because they have not accomplished what they set out to do -- help the flood victims.
"You are right there, about 100 miles from where it's supposed to be, and all of a sudden, they want you to drive 1,200 miles the opposite way in order to drop the load. It just don't seem right," Valdes said.
A spokeswoman for FEMA said that too much ice was ordered for the Gulf Coast and they had to redirect the shipments.
JT
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