Len Over 21 knocked the little old lady resthome resident from in front
of the computer, grabbed the keybord and blathered:

Well, next time that happens, send me an aid request via NTS.
I'll put together a CARE package for you with an extra can of
Sterno so you won't be too cold. Ought to arrive in two months;
takes 7 weeks to get the NTS message through...allow for
sufficient time.

Anything to help.

No, ham radio does not "save the day" in every emergency, although it
has at times, nor does every ham claim to be a hero, although some have
gone above and beyond just like a lot of other good folks. Not often
does ham radio become *the* major means of communications in a disaster
situation, but it has in the past and likely will again in the future.
Not in every disaster is ham radio called upon to help and supplement
other official comms, but it has in the past and likely will in the future.

Poor old senile lennieboy, he just can't bring himself to admit that ham
radio has and will play a vital part in emergency communications, and he
can't be a part of it because he can't pass the test.

The military, Homeland Defense, and other civil officials recgonize the
value that ham radio can be in times of emergencies, they intergrate it
in their disaster planning, but they wouldn't give you the time of day
lennieboy. Grinds your hemorrhoids dosen't it?
Now go back to pestering the little old ladies in the sitting room.