Jack Painter wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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Jack Painter wrote:

"Dale Parfitt" wrote
"dxAce" wrote
The HWN is currently active on 14325 per http://www.hwn.org/

dxAce

Sure is. Using the 756PRO and dual watch to monitor it and the MARS on
13.927 - activity picking up.

Dale W4OP

As usual, they gear up way too soon, for the last 8 hours "looking for
weather from the affected areas"...when there are no affected areas, and
won't be for 20 hours from their initial activation.

That is not exactly true... The Hurricane Watch Net will activate anytime
a
hurricane is within 300 miles of land.

Earlier today Hurricane Frances was near the Turks and Caicos Islands, and
approaching the Bahamas, so there certainly are affected areas.

dxAce


You're right, but miss my point! 300 miles is a ridiculous distance as the
weather reports are meaningless until the barometer starts plumetting and
the edge of the tropical front approaches. All day and night...it isn't, nor
even forecast to! Heard one net control ask a guy who had measured 1
thousandth of an inch of rain all day - "so how are you holding up in this"?
Hmmm.

Well, the Turks and Caicos Islands were certainly a lot closer than 300 miles
from the hurricane last night...

And... here is a report from this morning:

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
22.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.0 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES... 60 KM...NORTH OF
MAYAGUANA ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 520 MILES...835
KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PALM BEACH FLORIDA.

I'm still trying to grasp your point. :-)

My point is that the Hurricane Watch Net can/will activate when a hurricane is
within 300 miles of land... that may seem ridiculous to you, but that's the way
it is.

dxAce