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RESCUE RADIO: HAM RADIO WAS READY FOR HURRICANE ISAAC
Amateur radio first responders along the United States Gulf
shore were ready when Hurricane Isaac slammed ashore on
August 28th and 29th. We have the more in this report:
--
As Hurricane Isaac made its way across the Gulf of Mexico
and then made landfall several miles West of New Orleans,
Louisiana, members of the Hurricane Watch Net took to the
air to track its approach:
--
(Ham in Florida) ".Victor-Radio-4-Golf. The handle here is
Bill and Im located in Pensacola, Florida and we've had some
winds gusts up to about 44 miles an hour. We went out for a
ride along the beach this afternoon and they do now have
some roads closed and water was coming over the sand dunes
and starting to flood some of the roads, over"
--
While band conditions on 20 and 40 meters were not the
greatest, the net continued and began passing storm
conditions to the National Hurricane Center in Miami:
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(Ham in New Orleans: ".we have wind gusts of about 70 to 75
miles per hour right now. Its really coming bad on us but
my antenna is located in the attic."
--
One report was rather interesting from a scientific point of
view:
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(Ham in New Orleans) "The Mississippi river at the Carrolton
gate in New Orleans is flowing backward."
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Also taking reports for the National Hurricane Center was
the V-O-I-P Hurricane Watch net. This group gathers
information mainly from local repeaters within the storm
area and also passes it along to the National Hurricane
Center:
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(VoIP Net Audio) "K3-November-Foxtrot-Uniform in Slidell,
Louisiana. Estimated winds of 30 and no rain as of this
time."
--
Hams on the V-O-I-P net also provided ongoing damage
assessment:
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(VoIP Net Audio) "I was informed that the power has hone out
in mid-city New Orleans, Louisiana near the steets of Murat
and Bowden."
"Roger. I have Murast and Bowden. Did I copy correctly
that was mid-city New Orleans?"
--
As this report is being prepared, Issac has been downgraded
from a category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm but is
soaking Louisiana and surrounding states for yet another
day. As such, the job of ham radio operators in coping with
the storm is far from over.
With thanks to K3VR for the recordings of the 20 meter
Hurricane Watch Net, Im Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the
newsroom in Los Angeles.
--
We will have more on the role of amateur radio in the wake
of Hurricane Isaac in upcoming Amateur Radio Newsline
reports. (ARNewslineT with audio from Hurricane Watch Net
and VoIP Hurricane Watch Net.)
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