Also, as an example, today more than 60 power restoration vehicles and crews from private utility companies on the West Coast are being air-lifted, using DOD assets from California, to the East Coast to support power restoration efforts in New York and New Jersey.

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But the smell of the beech forests, the untamed West Coast beaches and the amazing clear air of the Deep South - it has to be the best in the world - made it all worthwhile.

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San Antonio's previous record flooding in 1998 was devastating, caused by heavy rains throughout south Texas and by a plume of moist air from Hurricane Madeline off the west coast of Mexico.

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San Antonio's previous record flooding in 1998 was devastating, caused by heavy rains throughout south Texas and by a plume of moist air from Hurricane Madeline off the Mexican west coast.

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On Thursday, the Obama administration used U.S. Air Force planes to fly repair trucks and equipment from the West Coast to New York, a rare instance of tapping the military to deliver private-sector assets from one part of the country to another.

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Another carrier favored by Neidl is Alaska Air Group, the holding company of Alaska Airlines, which serves cities along the west coast of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

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