Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-25 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 25, 2011, at 6:25 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > - Original Message - >> From: "Andrew Kirch" >> Lets argue this one on IRC... where I'm a channel admin in #hamradio, >> and have to keep these two separated most of the time. > > Me and Owen? I'm almost never on that channel... :-) >

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-25 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Andrew Kirch" > Lets argue this one on IRC... where I'm a channel admin in #hamradio, > and have to keep these two separated most of the time. Me and Owen? I'm almost never on that channel... :-) Cheers, -- jra

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Owen DeLong" > FWIW, in my experience, when ARES and RACES both arrive on a scene > together, they rarely get into small arms fire over any thing, rather, > preferring to work together to help each other set up both repeaters and to > coordinate which parts o

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Mark Foster
I'm glad someone said something nice about Radio Hams on this thread (which started as being about Christchurch!) or i'd have risked polluting Christchurch's good rep with all this noise about whackers! FWIW AREC (NZ's ARES equivalent) are active in Christchurch, mainly on VHF, though there's

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Owen DeLong
; >>> if you are worried about congestion, then only the "right" sims are >> registered/enabled. >>> >>> - Original Message - >>> From: "mikea" >>> To: nanog@nanog.org >>> Sent: Thursday, 24 February, 2011 9:39:09

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Mike Lyon
> - Original Message - > > From: "mikea" > > To: nanog@nanog.org > > Sent: Thursday, 24 February, 2011 9:39:09 AM > > Subject: Re: Christchurch New Zealand > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:08:39AM -0800, JC Dill wrote: > >>

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Bryan Fields
On 2/24/2011 13:01, Jima wrote: > Wait for a winner to prevail. Whoever comes out on top is clearly more > prepared to deal with emergencies. http://www.hamsexy.com -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice 727-214-2508 - Fax http://bryanfields.net

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Jeremy Neal
> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:26:43 -0500 (EST) > From: Jay Ashworth > Subject: Re: Christchurch New Zealand > To: NANOG > > The *real* problem is getting petty politics out of > local ARES/RACES orgs. > > Cheers, > -- jra Here's my $0.02 on the subject of ha

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Jima
On 02/24/2011 11:33 AM, Andrew Kirch wrote: > The problem with this is that both ARES and RACES hams have gotten there > first (orange lights and strobes flashing) and are now engaged in > small-arms fire over who gets to set their repeater up. You're now > hiding under your vehicle. What is your

RE: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Nathan Eisenberg
> The problem with this is that both ARES and RACES hams have gotten there > first (orange lights and strobes flashing) and are now engaged in small-arms > fire over who gets to set their repeater up. You're now hiding under your > vehicle. What is your next move? Larger-arms fire?

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Andrew Kirch
the "right" sims are > registered/enabled. > > - Original Message - > From: "mikea" > To: nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Thursday, 24 February, 2011 9:39:09 AM > Subject: Re: Christchurch New Zealand > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:08:39AM -0800,

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Jay Ashworth
> - Original Message - > From: "mikea" > I diffidently suggest that amateur radio licensing, together with some > battery-operated gear (think 2-meter or 70-cm handy-talkies at a minimum > for short-haul comms, HF gear for longer-haul) may be Very Good Indeed > in a disaster that takes do

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Franck Martin
ed/enabled. - Original Message - From: "mikea" To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, 24 February, 2011 9:39:09 AM Subject: Re: Christchurch New Zealand On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:08:39AM -0800, JC Dill wrote: > On 22/02/11 10:38 PM, Joe Hamelin wrote: > >The other CERT:

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread mikea
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:08:39AM -0800, JC Dill wrote: > On 22/02/11 10:38 PM, Joe Hamelin wrote: > >The other CERT: Community Emergency Response Team. > > >https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/about.shtm > > +1 for CERT. I also think that taking a CERT class is a great way to > re-evaluate yo

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-23 Thread JC Dill
On 22/02/11 10:38 PM, Joe Hamelin wrote: The other CERT: Community Emergency Response Team. https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/about.shtm +1 for CERT. I also think that taking a CERT class is a great way to re-evaluate your own network emergency procedures. You may find new ways to prep

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-22 Thread Joe Hamelin
The other CERT: Community Emergency Response Team. Kind of off-topic for NANOG but I know that most of us are concerned with disaster recovery. This is the first local line. For US folks, there should be a CERT for you city or county, if not ask why. For Canadians, check with PEP. The CERT pr

RE: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread George Bonser
> From: Marshall Eubanks > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 9:29 PM > To: Mark Foster > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Christchurch New Zealand > > Here is an animated seismic map > > http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/today > > Marshall According t

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread b nickell
prayers.hopes. anything i can do I will On 2/21/11, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > Here is an animated seismic map > > http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/today > > Marshall > > On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:46 PM, Mark Foster wrote: > >> Folks on Twitter should search for hashtag #eqn

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Marshall Eubanks
Here is an animated seismic map http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/today Marshall On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:46 PM, Mark Foster wrote: > Folks on Twitter should search for hashtag #eqnz. > > Major news sites in NZ: > > www.stuff.co.nz > www.nzherald.co.nz > www.tvnz.co.nz > www.3news.co.nz >

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:46 PM, Mark Foster wrote: > Folks on Twitter should search for hashtag #eqnz. > > Major news sites in NZ: > > www.stuff.co.nz > www.nzherald.co.nz > www.tvnz.co.nz > www.3news.co.nz > > Plenty of Vids, Stills and some Streaming available. > > Can confirm the reports of

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Mark Foster
Folks on Twitter should search for hashtag #eqnz. Major news sites in NZ: www.stuff.co.nz www.nzherald.co.nz www.tvnz.co.nz www.3news.co.nz Plenty of Vids, Stills and some Streaming available. Can confirm the reports of multiple casualties. TV News is live broadcasting reports of many folks

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Daniel Richards
There aren't any major international cables to the south island. The big one is the southern Cross cable that lands on either side of Auckland, which is the north of the North Island, which is operating normally. KAREN (The Kiwi Advanced Research Network) core in the south island is still oper

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 2/21/2011 10:04 PM, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > There has been a bad Earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand with reports of > fatalities. > > http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150099324847752&set=a.125583977751.103665.119452527751&theater > > Telecom New Zealand reports "Heavy damage" to