On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:36:12 GMT, "Dan/W4NTI"
wrote:

No waviering here. The ARS proides usefull service, mostly in keeping
H&W stuff off the plate of those with better things to do.

It does not properly replace the system used by the cops as witness the
keystone cops bummbling we see and here about

the ARS is not saving the day or saving civilation, it is hellp people
lessen the impact of the disaster, what I have been saying all along

As usual our resident dissident has no idea what he is talking about. Here
in Alabama we have provided the operators to man the shelters for the Red
Cross on the Gulf Coast. They have, and ARE providing the ONLY
communications between the shelters and Red Cross HQS in Montgomery.

The Alabama Net and other groups are providing links further down the line.

Dan/W4NTI

He obviously doesn't know much about ARES/RACES. If he did, he would
know that Health and Welfare messages have the LOWEST priority after
emergency and priority traffic. There has been incident after
incident where ARES/RACES was the ONLY communication out of a disaster
area. Let alone communication with the Red Cross. The fire at Los
Alamos New Mexico is a prime example. When the phones are out, and
the public service radios fail, who do they call? ARES/RACES. The
military can handle it, but as we have seen it can take days for them
to get on site. ARS can get there within a few hours.

Dick - W6CCD