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KG4RUL

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Re: After-Action Reports
« Reply #30 on: January 11, 2021, 10:53:13 AM »

The first time I encountered members of a "REACT" team, they were wearing white uniform shirts with red epaulets and shiny, gold badges.  It was all I could do to keep from laughing my ass off and rolling around on the floor!
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K6CPO

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Re: After-Action Reports
« Reply #31 on: January 11, 2021, 11:50:45 AM »

"As part of the evolutionary process, CB became less and less used as teams migrated to other radio services, such as the land mobile service and GMRS."

Please post the callsigns that REACT REACT REACT has been issued for those radio services.

I want do a little research and try to figure out what kind misrepresentations REACT REACT REACT used to obtain licensing in those services.

Nope.  Find it yourself.  I'm not feeding the troll any longer.
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W9FIB

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Re: After-Action Reports
« Reply #32 on: January 11, 2021, 12:05:31 PM »

I never made comment on your writing style, boy.

I just tried to help you out a little.
By all means, don't care and proceed to present yourself as illiterate.

It is the new "norm" and hip thing to do.

OK I will by your request.
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« Reply #33 on: January 12, 2021, 02:24:17 AM »

The first time I encountered members of a "REACT" team, they were wearing white uniform shirts with red epaulets and shiny, gold badges.  It was all I could do to keep from laughing my ass off and rolling around on the floor!

That is just about what I saw when a "team" came to town.  Same type of outfits/uniforms...except mine also had 2 "riot helmets" (actually low quality hard hats with official REACT decal) and one with a Ramar of the Jungle hat/jungle helmet...and each had a old night stick/riot club hanging from their belts. One of the riot sticks was actually a table leg off of a coffee table or some thing.  One of them also some handcuffs (total junk) that he bought from the small carnival that was there.

My town was having its 125th Founder's Day Celebration...and the REACT team consisted of three rather plump guys from a village six miles away. They had a tent like thing for shade, three chairs, and a folding card table for their REACT Emergency Command Center "cb" radio.

They had a galvanized pipe and a Radio Shack cb antenna...one of those short ones that went up about 4' and then made a u-turn at the top and then folded back down on itself.  They wired Emergency Command Center antenna to the wheel of the town cannon (civil war field gun) to hold it upright.

The local International Harvester dealer had a spot next to REACT Emergency Control Center...consisting of a 7-hp Cub Cadet Garden Tractor, a International pickup truck, and a International Scout with the top off that he was using to take kids for short rides in.
He also kept cutting up free watermelon for anyone that wanted some.

Some of the boys in town, like 12 to 14 years old, had been having a pretty good time teasing the REACT Emergency Team, but decided to step it up a little...at first throwing a slice or two at a time at Emergency Control Center...then the REACT team would chase after them a little ways.

Then the boys devised a plan of attack...and loading up with plenty of ammo/watermelon really cut loose on the "team"...and made them quite colorful.

As the young boys fled the scene of the crime, they almost smacked right in to the Town Marshall who was strolling up the sidewalk...but kept on running in order to vanish in to the alley, their hide out.

Then the Town Marshall saw the ever so colorful REACT Emergency Team...and immediately knew what mischief was afoot...and got to laughing so hard he could hardly stay on his feet.


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WB8VLC

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Re: After-Action Reports
« Reply #34 on: February 21, 2021, 11:44:46 AM »

Feb 12th to Feb 21 Northwest Oregon's big ice storm, experience from ground zero.


Here in northwest oregon we were without power until today, in total 9 days others will be out weeks and we are in the city of Salem.

2 inch ice of radiall ice on everything started last  friday and power went out to 650000 thousand people.
Half had power restored in 2 days then others over the next 2 or 3 days while the rest of us about 90 percent of another 25000 yesterday and today.

Stores and gas stations only started working after day 2 and cash only, by day 3 and 4 most was back online except for a couple hundred thousand homes.

I had a brand new 4KW harbor freight predator generator which we bought last september after our devastating wildfires and the generator died after 5 minutes, and my luck Harbor freight will not stand by it.

I was fortunate to receive a 1500 watt loaner from a friend and with the generator and a fireplace and wood we faired fine in my neighborhood, sunnyslope of salem oregon, 90 % of  2500 houses had no generators and many no fireplaces due to historically moderate winter weather.  for 8 days perople were living in cars half the time using car heaters.

Warming shelters were not open because the temps were in the high 30's to mid 40's and some pencil neck emergency co-ordinator for salem and most of oregon determined that shelters would only open when the airport temp was under 32 F, the salem airport is around sea level while the sunnyslope area of salem is 500 to 1200 feet elevation so temps here were 32 and below.


The only thing working was cell phone texting and no other cell services work, we couldnt even research city or state updates because cell sites were limiting communications for first 3 to 4 days to text only so we could not get info on what to do.

The city of salem gets a F grade and the state of oregon also and F for lack of communications contrary to what politicians in warm homes will say there was no emergency declaration done that reached ground zero, a paper declaration on local news channels is no good if people are starting indoor warming fires and starting residences on fire as were monitored by salem fire throughout the 8 days for us and there is no way to get info.

Since oregons covid vaccination is a total failure, we are still vaccinating 80 and above and prisoners, people do not want to co-ordinate with neighbors to share aid and comfort, again the state and city gets a double F failing grade here, and any state city rep can come to my neighborhood if they say the contrary but I'd bet they would get hung out to dry if the had the guts to come to the sunnyslope are of Salem Oregon which none have the integrity or guts to do so enough said on useless city and state reps.

Politicians will say its there finest hour but when you are at ground zero and see no city services for 8 days you realize that politicians give on air happy talk while people are freezing without help.


As to what worked, NUMBER 1 WAS HEAT AND ONLY WOOD FOR HEATING IN WOOD STOVES AND GAS FOR GENERATORS.  WOOD WAS PLENTY FROM CUTTING UP ANS INSIDE DRYING OF DOWNED TREES CUT WITH ONLY GAS CHAIN SAWS, GAS WAS AVAILABLE AND ONLY GAS GENERATORS WORKED.  PROPANE WAS LIMITED IN AVAILABILITY BUT SOME HAD IT AND IT WORKED ALSO BUT WOOD AND GASOLINE WERE MAJOR LIFE SAVERS.


None of the usual ham radio HF nets worked nor were they on the air, i only had contact on HF with the veterans net on 20 meters and KL2AX  in new mexico was invaluable for wahtever info he could get, I was trying to get info on wife and son in Austin texas who got hit the same time Oregon did and KL2AX stayed around for several hours checking on my health and wellfare until I received an limited text notifying all ok with my texas family although they were evacuated to a safe location.
 
In the first  3 days local VHF was used, 2 meters but unfortunately after the major 2 meter players had power restored most local weather related info dissapeared and 2 meters was of no use and we left in the dark for 5 more days were designated the forgotten 25 thousand.


 Again HF radio use was limited use and while there were no real oregon emergency nets to be found the only info net was the VA group on 20 meters throughout the entire ordeal and KL2AX gets an AA grade while others get a C grade such as 2 meters nets which is still a better  grade than our states and cities F grades.


 As of today 95 % are back with power and power crews from every area of Oregon are working here in the hardest hit are of Salem restoring power.

These linemen are working in groups 24/7 and my sincere notice of appreciation especially to the Pendleton, Herrmiston and Chemelaw linemen who came from hundreds of miles outside of Salem for working 8 days non stop to get our sunnyslope neighborhood of Salem Oregon back on, these kids, linemen as young as newbies only 19 years old receive a AAA grade.
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RADIOPHONE

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Re: After-Action Reports
« Reply #35 on: February 21, 2021, 12:14:22 PM »

Where was REACT, ARES, and Black Lives Matter during all of this ?
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KF5LJW

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« Reply #36 on: February 21, 2021, 01:19:58 PM »

Considering today's political climate hams have an image problem. Hams are associated with the GOP.
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K6BRN

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« Reply #37 on: February 21, 2021, 02:55:39 PM »

"Considering today's political climate hams have an image problem. Hams are associated with the GOP."

I resent that!  I'm a card-carrying, very conservatively liberal Dempublican!  And ham.  The "Middle of the Road" rules!

Brian - K6BRN

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WB8VLC

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« Reply #38 on: February 26, 2021, 08:28:22 AM »

Yep Brian, same here I'm right in the middle, I vote the person not the party and that's why I gave oregon an F grade which has nothing to do with Red or Blue parties.

Depending on where you are in Oregon and outside of portland it is more conservative but with an even mix of parties split almost 50/50.

In the areas of Hermiston and Pendelton where our line men were from it is certainly a rural area that leans more towards the red but it has no bearing here as the people, not the politicians, try to work together during emergencies and help each other.

I guess here in Oregon we are just used to being screwed by our own politicians be them Red or Blue to the point where we expect zero help from the Government and have to rely on our neighbors during emergencies.
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KF5LJW

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Re: After-Action Reports
« Reply #39 on: February 26, 2021, 08:36:12 AM »

Amateur radio has no place in a riot situation

They make good targets.
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K6CPO

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Re: After-Action Reports
« Reply #40 on: February 26, 2021, 11:24:25 AM »

"Considering today's political climate hams have an image problem. Hams are associated with the GOP."

I resent that!  I'm a card-carrying, very conservatively liberal Dempublican!  And ham.  The "Middle of the Road" rules!

Brian - K6BRN

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I prefer my position as a "mug-wump."  I sit on the fence with my mug on one side and my wump on the other...
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W9FIB

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Re: After-Action Reports
« Reply #41 on: February 26, 2021, 02:06:30 PM »

Where was REACT, ARES, and Black Lives Matter during all of this ?

Still waiting for the link for the "Emergency Radio Command Center". Or did you just make that up as well? Funny how you ignore things you have to prove as being correct. Oh well...

Next...
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Re: After-Action Reports
« Reply #42 on: February 26, 2021, 03:10:44 PM »

the "link"

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K6BRN

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Re: After-Action Reports
« Reply #43 on: February 26, 2021, 05:50:03 PM »

Yep Brian, same here I'm right in the middle, I vote the person not the party and that's why I gave oregon an F grade which has nothing to do with Red or Blue parties.

Depending on where you are in Oregon and outside of portland it is more conservative but with an even mix of parties split almost 50/50.

In the areas of Hermiston and Pendelton where our line men were from it is certainly a rural area that leans more towards the red but it has no bearing here as the people, not the politicians, try to work together during emergencies and help each other.

I guess here in Oregon we are just used to being screwed by our own politicians be them Red or Blue to the point where we expect zero help from the Government and have to rely on our neighbors during emergencies.

I hear you, Michael. 

When Connecticut deregulated the power companies the first cost cutting move was to "defer" line maintainence.  And it caught up with them (us).  Two years in a row, significant storms took out power across the state, in many cases for over a week, during late autuum, early winter.  The power companies had not trimmed back the many, many, many trees near the power lines in years, and so, with a little wind, they came down across the lines and took them out.  Many power poles had previously cracked and were patched with 2x4s (I kid you NOT - I have photos) for YEARS.  So when the system fell apart, it went down hard.  Funny thing s that after the first fiasco, nothing was done.  It took a second, nearly identical event the very next year to prove the problem wasn't just a "freak storm"

In the end it took the CT legislature TWO major disasters and YEARS to put in place new regulations and hefty fines.  I don't recall if any of the jokers up in Hartford escaped to Cancun, though.  Probably just went up to Massachusetts where the lights were still on.

Hope you have better luck in your state!

Brian = K6BRN
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W9FIB

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Re: After-Action Reports
« Reply #44 on: February 27, 2021, 02:36:50 AM »

the "link"

Wacker Command Bunker
Basement of Post Office, Helenville Wis. 53137
Young Stanley "Cancel Culture" Lichtenberg, Commandant
Ol' Timey Vanity Callsign: W9FIB
CB Callsign: Too young to have ever held one.
CB "Handle": Sassy Frazz

Still waiting...
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