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"Hams to the Rescue After Katrina" MSNBC News Article
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 |
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