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Ham Radios To The Rescue; Shelters Ready:
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by K1CJS on September 4, 2010
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And from all the hype and the big 'state of emergency' claims in New England, Earl turned out to be a rainstorm--that didn't drop nearly as much rain as it was supposed to--except on Cape Cod.
How many times are these so called knowledgeable people who are pushing these programs, INCLUDING THE ONES INVOLVED WITH HAM RADIO AND THE WEATHER SERVICE, think the people are going to listen to them if they keep on crying wolf when the weather looks threatening? I hope they tone down their warnings--before the big one comes, they start with their hype--AND NOBODY LISTENS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY'VE CRIED WOLF TOO MANY TIMES!
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RE: Ham Radios To The Rescue; Shelters Ready:
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by KB1OCC on September 8, 2010
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I drove from my home in NH to Cape Cod (Yarmouth) to ride out the "storm" with my Father in-law, who is a stroke victim and alone.
What I heard on the radio was a group of very well trained operators that were covering the Cape and the islands through their repeater system. Fortunately the storm missed the area, but it provided a real world training experiecne to those involved. The operators were stationed in the various EOC's and shelters across the cape and the island. Traffic was efficiently handled, yet in a relaxed manner. Everyone did a great job in my opinion.
That being said, had hurricane Earl hit with the projected strength (cat 4) it originally was packing, severe destruction would have taken place. If everyone were to have simply down played the storm, and it hit, people would have been unprepared and possibly hurt or killed. I would rather face criticism about over reacting than suffer guilt from under-reacting!
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