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November 5th 03, 11:06 AM

On 28 Oct 2003 04:35:14 GMT, (Len Over 21) wrote:

As of 1 PM EST on the 27th of October the ARRL website news
page had NOTHING about the California wildfires. NOTHING.

Why would you depend on the ARRL website for "up to the minute" news
when there are literally thousands of other news sources available;
TV, radio, newspapers, the internet. The LA Times incidently also has
a website of their own.

Let's see. There's the Fire Incident Headquarters, based out of
Idaho, they have a website that updates page viewers on the progress
of every conceivable fire in the United States, which the national
media uses for a source of information on reporting fires.

The ARRL never mentions anything about the dozen Western states that
are burning every summer for months on end. No big deal. Pick up a
newspaper, turn a radio or TV on, or log on to the net, you can get
far better results from thousands of sources at your disposal rather
than trying to make this whole thing a non-issue of bashing the ARRL
which you're not a member or.

I'm a member of the ARRL, and the last source of general breaking news
I come to rely on is the ARRL.

Stacey/AA7YA