Thanks Ralph! 73 ... Scott KD5FBA
On Sat, May 18, 2024, 12:17 PM ralph phillips via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > I agree with the observations made regarding the current deficit of > communications during storms. > > Houston used to have sirens all over town. They are gone. > > We used to have 2 or 3 repeaters active for weather spotting. One of them > was manned by a local TV station meteorologist. Now we don't have anything > regular set up. > > Weather spotting, NOT Chasing, is a big activity in the Midwest and > North East. Why has it disappeared here > My first thought (not necessarily accurate) is a reliance on formal ARES > groups. They function when activated for major events to support served > agencies. That is what ARES is for. They are needed there and do a good > job. After Harvey, I needed help to report a broken gas line. Transtar > answered ob the first call > > The answer is simple ... reach out to the NWS to ask about classes and > repeaters. I will do that and report back to this reflector. > > Ralph > KE5HDF > > > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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