As residents clean up in the wake of Hurricane Ivan, Tim Skelly Cason,
professional musician from Los Angeles California says:
"My Brother, Ted Cason of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Dept. has been
working with local residents using all types of short wave
communications. All communication was lost during and immediately
following the storm. Short wave devices became the source of
communication within the department and to contact residents around
Fort Walton Beach and Destin."

The damaged sustained by Hurricane Ivan will obviously take years to
correct. Tim Skelly Cason also said "… after Hurricane Opal, parts of
highway 98 were impassable for weeks. Now, Hurricane Ivan has
re-opened the wounds left by Opal and is a stark reminder of the power
of mother nature's fury!"

Tim Skelly Cason, former bassist of the band Cripple Need Cane also
went on to say,
"People in California and other parts of the nation that don't have
experience with hurricanes have no idea how it all happens. The worst
part is the water surge up from the Gulf of Mexico. This ‘storm
surge' brings excessive high-tides and waves about 10 times their
normal size, and in a place that gets 2 foot waves on average, a 10 to
15 foot wave on top of an already high tide, causes extreme changes to
the coastline and any structures in it's path."

Tim Skelly Cason, will be appearing in New York City at the Bass
Player Live event sponsored by Bass Player Magazine, Saturday and
Sunday, October 16 and 17 to demonstrate products for Roland, the
largest musical instrument manufacturer in the world. During his stay
in Manhattan he will use short wave radio to communicate to his
companions. Tim Skelly Cason is an electronics engineer as well and
went on to say,
"After 911, (September 11th,) I'll be a lot more prone to carry a
short wave walkie-talkie when I'm in the city. I'm glad we have this
old technology to fall back on. It's in many ways superior to all the
hype and hoopla of modern digital communication devices."

You can read more from Tim Skelly Cason, former Bassist for the band
Cripple Need Cane, at http://www.timcason.com

Tim Skelly Cason wrote:

As residents clean up in the wake of Hurricane Ivan, Tim Skelly Cason,
professional musician from Los Angeles California says:
"My Brother, Ted Cason of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Dept. has been
working with local residents using all types of short wave
communications. All communication was lost during and immediately
following the storm. Short wave devices became the source of
communication within the department and to contact residents around
Fort Walton Beach and Destin."

The damaged sustained by Hurricane Ivan will obviously take years to
correct. Tim Skelly Cason also said "… after Hurricane Opal, parts of
highway 98 were impassable for weeks. Now, Hurricane Ivan has
re-opened the wounds left by Opal and is a stark reminder of the power
of mother nature's fury!"

Tim Skelly Cason, former bassist of the band Cripple Need Cane also
went on to say,
"People in California and other parts of the nation that don't have
experience with hurricanes have no idea how it all happens. The worst
part is the water surge up from the Gulf of Mexico. This ‘storm
surge' brings excessive high-tides and waves about 10 times their
normal size, and in a place that gets 2 foot waves on average, a 10 to
15 foot wave on top of an already high tide, causes extreme changes to
the coastline and any structures in it's path."

Tim Skelly Cason, will be appearing in New York City at the Bass
Player Live event sponsored by Bass Player Magazine, Saturday and
Sunday, October 16 and 17 to demonstrate products for Roland, the
largest musical instrument manufacturer in the world. During his stay
in Manhattan he will use short wave radio to communicate to his
companions. Tim Skelly Cason is an electronics engineer as well and
went on to say,
"After 911, (September 11th,) I'll be a lot more prone to carry a
short wave walkie-talkie when I'm in the city. I'm glad we have this
old technology to fall back on. It's in many ways superior to all the
hype and hoopla of modern digital communication devices."

You can read more from Tim Skelly Cason, former Bassist for the band
Cripple Need Cane, at http://www.timcason.com

A CB'er perhaps? Checked out his name at QRZ.Com for a ham license and couldn't
come up with anything using various permutations. Or using a pseudonym?

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