Roadie wrote:
On Mar 4, 1:09 pm, Carter-k8vt wrote:
Roadie wrote:
Do you honestly think that hams will be of any use for providing
emergency or weather information in an emergency? They haven't yet.

Huh?

You obviously missed the very favorable article on the -front page- of
the Wall Street Journal describing the great job the hams were doing
during Katrina.

Look it up...

I subscribe, so no need to look it up. I read the article when it
first was posted and it came across as faint praise. They really did
nothing of substance.


Well, I'm glad you read it. In my opinion (your's obviously differs), it
was a little more than "faint" praise (seeing as the author doesn't
understand ham radio and didn't necessarily grasp the concept)...but,
-you- are admitting *praise* none the less.

Furthermore, there is a well documented record of hams giving
communications assistance going back to the big floods and snow storms
of the thirties, Katrina being the latest big example and I'm sure
plenty of documented cases between the 30s and Katrina.

Talk to the emergency responders and ask them
if they have any interest in or ability to communicate with hams.

Well, I have talked to them, thank you very much. I am a Commissioner on
the mayor's Emergency Preparedness Committee (for one of the five
largest cities in the state) which includes many professional emergency
responders. The city purchased and is in the process of installing ham
transceivers in the main fire station, Police Headquarters and the
city's Mobile Command Center. Furthermore, we have ham transceivers in
the Emergency Rooms of 14 or 15 of the major hospitals in the county and
have a very well equipped emergency command center in one of the county
buildings located in the county seat.

So, when you imply "the hams haven't yet" done anything in terms of
emergency communications, you appear to be either a ham "wannabee" with
a grudge, ill-informed or just plain talking out of your ass and looking
to troll...

Finally, to answer your question above, yes, I *DO* think that hams will
be -and have been- of use for providing emergency or weather information
(and can -prove- it with years of documentation and real-life actions).
When you say "hams haven't yet", where have you been for the last 70
years or so?