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The ARES E-Letter
February 22, 2008
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Rick Palm, K1CE, Editor
<http://www.qrz.com/database?callsign=K1CE>,
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ARES reports, other related contributions, editorial questions or
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+ The View from Flagler County
Orlando Hamcation (the Disney World for hams) was a blast this year,
with packed exhibit halls and forums, a good bellwether for Amateur
Radio. Northern Florida Section Manager Rudy Hubbard, WA4PUP, hosted
the ARES Forum with attending luminaries John Fleming, WD4FFX, and
Kimo Montague, K4IMO, of the Florida State EOC staff in Tallahassee.
These two guys are veteran war horses of emergency management, and
are ARES' greatest supporters at the state level.
SEC Joe Bushel, W2DWR, and East Central DEC Jay Musikar, AF2C, handed
out certificates for new Assistant SEC and Assistant DEC appointments
(recently authorized by the ARRL Board, see story below), and Bushel
was honored with a plaque for distinguished service to the section.
Discussion focused on ARES emergency operations in support of the
State. The meeting was SRO.
Hubbard is retiring as SM after 18 years of dedicated service. He was
responsible for working with Fleming to integrate Amateur Radio in
State emergency communications planning, and getting ARES back into
the EOC after a long absence. Hubbard worked closely with the EOC
during the Katrina disaster. Rudy has been a great friend to hundreds
of radio amateurs throughout the southeast with his Dixie wit, warmth
and charm.
----
It has been a terrible season for severe weather. January tornado
responses are covered in this issue, while reports for February's
storms were summarized in the ARRL Letter
<http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/08/0208/>. The story of the response
to the January outbreak in the Ozarks is particularly gripping, and
it leads this issue's storm reports.
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In This Issue:
+ The View from Flagler County
+ ARRL Board Adds Two New ARES Positions
+ Tornado Outbreak Response in the Ozarks
+ Caledonia, Mississippi Tornado Response
+ Wisconsin Tornado Response
+ Illinois Flooding Response
+ New England Nor'easter ARES/RACES/SKYWARN Response
+ California License Plate Debacle Resolved
+ Oregon Governor Allocates $250,000 For Digital Communications
Network
+ New Emcomm Software For Windows Now Available For Beta Testing
+ LETTERS: Traditional Media Vs. New Media in an Emergency Situation
+ LETTERS: More on Certification
+ NEW PRODUCTS: WXSpots Software Freely Available!
+ EmComm East September 20, 2008
+ K1CE For a Final
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+ ARRL Board Adds Two New ARES Positions
Last month, two new ARES positions were created by the ARRL Board of
Directors at the recommendation of its Programs and Services
Committee: Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator and Assistant
District Emergency Coordinator. The Board authorized Dave Patton,
NN1N, Manager of the Membership and Volunteer Services Department, to
develop and implement terms of reference for these positions.
Atlantic Division Director Bill Edgar, N3LLR, presented the final
report of the Ad Hoc Background Investigation Committee. He reported
that there is no Statement of Understanding with the American Red
Cross (ARC) at this time, since the previous SOU expired in September
2007. The Committee has communicated to ARC that there are still
conflicts with the ARC's background investigation policy as compared
to the published statements of its online background investigation
contractor. ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, has written to ARC,
but as yet there has been no formal response. The remaining issues
related to credentialing and to renewal of the expired SOU with the
Red Cross were referred to the Programs and Services Committee and to
staff.
The Board decided to seek a Memorandum of Understanding with the Boy
Scouts of America (BSA). The ARRL and the BSA have mutually
supportive goals, such as education, development of skills,
leadership, emergency preparedness and awareness.
A resolution of support was adopted by the Board for AMSAT's
initiative seeking access to an Intelsat platform in geostationary
orbit. AMSAT is in consultation with Intelsat regarding an
application of an Intelsat platform carrying amateur satellites into
geostationary orbit, with potential benefits for emergency
communications. AMSAT has been the principal initiator of projects in
the Amateur Satellite Service and continues to play a key role in
significantly advancing the state of the art in space science, space
education and space technology.
+ Tornado Outbreak Response in the Ozarks
SKYWARN operators tracked the largest outbreak of tornados ever
experienced during the month of January in Missouri. Long-range
forecast models had identified the weather pattern ten days ahead of
the outbreak, which occurred January 7-8. Broadcasts of the hazardous
weather outlook were made on NOAA weather radio, the Southwest
Missouri Regional SKYWARN repeater N0NWS on 145.49 MHz, and other
local SKYWARN repeaters throughout the National Weather Service
(Springfield, Missouri office) warning area. ARES groups, emergency
managers and SKYWARN spotter groups were well prepared.
At 1:55 PM on January 7, the first tornado watch was issued and
immediately transmitted on the N0NWS repeater, with the regional
SKYWARN network placed in standby mode by NCS Jim Sellars, N0UAM.
Bill Davis, KC0KQT, Meteorologist-in-Charge in Springfield, operated
the N0NWS amateur station located at the NWS office and monitored
emergency traffic and severe weather reports.
By 5 PM, tornado warnings were in effect for several counties in the
Missouri Ozarks and the full 37 county regional SKYWARN network was
active. James Vroman, AC0BN, reported a tornado on the ground just
southwest of Monett, Missouri, to the NWS via the 146.97 MHz Ozarks
ARS club SKYWARN repeater. The EF-2 tornado struck a mobile home park
there. Amateurs passed ground truths to the NWS, confirming what the
RADAR operator saw. The NWS was able to provide increased warning
times for people living along storm tracks. Scott Hilmes, KC0WTL, was
also intercepting the storms along with professional storm chaser
Randy Hicks, providing reports on wall clouds, funnels and tornadoes
in the Lawrence, Christian and Greene county areas to the NWS.
Randy Atkinson, KC0IQM, Terry Shoemaker, KE4LQW, and Christian County
ARES EC/Deputy Regional SKYWARN Coordinator Pat Conway, WA6JGM, acted
as net controls on the 145.23 MHz Highlandville ARES repeater in
Christian County. They coordinated the efforts of 30 mobile intercept
spotters as they tracked the repetitive storms crossing their area
through the early evening.
Greene County ARES/RACES EC Ken Baremore, W0KRB, monitored numerous
repeaters and assisted the Red Cross and the Greene County EOC with
staffing and response.
After 6 PM, super cell thunderstorms were producing tornadoes in
Lawrence, Greene and Webster counties simultaneously. Numerous mobile
intercept and fixed SKYWARN spotters provided ground truth reports of
wall clouds, funnels and at least 10 confirmed tornadoes in these
counties.
Mobile operators Jeff Johnson, K0NI, Ian Horton, KB0UTW, Doug
Schumpert, K0DPS, and Bob Hessee, N0XJJ, intercepted an EF-3 tornado
northeast of Springfield and reported on it until it was near Conway
in Webster County where they were blocked by a poor highway network.
They stopped and rendered aid along the damage path in the Strafford
and Marshfield areas until other first responders arrived on the
scene. John Jackson, WA0DFE, repeatedly crossed the tornado path
relaying critical information to the Greene County EC, NWS and
emergency responders. At the same time, mobile intercept and fixed
spotters were reporting damages in southwest Greene County while
continuing to track the super cells crossing the area, reporting wall
clouds, funnels, baseball size hail and dangerous winds of more than
70 miles per hour.
By 7 PM, Steve Palmer, KA0SPM, activated the damage assessment and
information net on the 146.91 MHz W0EBE repeater and began relaying
storm damage reports to the NWS and helping pre-stage spotters across
the rest of the region.
After a tornado would rip through an area, Amateur Radio mobile
reports became damage reports as the hams metamorphosed from storm
spotters to first responders. The Springfield NWS office itself
became a target of two tornadoes, forcing meteorologists and liaison
Rod Kittleman, K0ADI, to take cover in the NWS tornado bunker and
relinquishing forecasting and warning responsibilities to the
National Weather Forecasting office in Paducah, Kentucky.
At 7:50 PM, the Storm Prediction Center issued tornado watch #5, with
the designation of "This is a particularly dangerous situation,"
meaning that long track, strong to violent tornadoes were expected.
By 8 PM, severe storms were moving northeast on a line from extreme
southwest Missouri into central Missouri along the Interstate 44
corridor. These storms were "training," which means one storm was
following another. McDonald County, Missouri, was under 6 to 8
separate tornado warnings within an eight-hour period.
The regional SKYWARN net remained active until the threat of severe
weather no longer existed, coinciding with the Tornado Watch
expiration at 5 AM, Tuesday morning. Three people were killed and
about 20 were injured during this tornado outbreak. Multiple repeater
systems were used and hundreds of Amateur Radio emergency responders
contributed thousands of man-hours to enhance the safety of the
citizens of southwest Missouri and Kansas. -- Rod Kittleman, K0ADI,
Southwest Missouri ARRL PIO
+ Caledonia, Mississippi Tornado Response
January 10, 2008 -- An EF3 tornado hit Caledonia, Mississippi,
causing major damage to the town. Before the storm, the Lowndes
County EOC requested storm spotters to be activated. The Amateur
Radio station at the EOC was activated and operators received weather
reports from the field. After the stormed passed, the EOC deployed
radio operators to the town of Caledonia, who then reported major
damage to homes and buildings. The EOC set up a command post at the
fire station there, and ARES was requested to handle traffic for the
EOC and American Red Cross.
The American Red Cross set up a shelter at a church outside of the
disaster area. Hams set up portable lights and generators for the
shelter. The Monroe County Amateur Radio Club set up their repeater
for a secondary emergency contact frequency in Monroe County. The EOC
ham radio station was manned from 1:20 PM until the scale-down time
at 7 PM. Amateurs providing emergency communications were: Jacky
Schwartz, KA1RBC (Monroe County Net Control); Diane Scallions, KD5HVF
(Lowndes County Net Control); Dale Casterline, KM5MS; James Wells,
KE5AID; Ken Campbell, AD5DO (Monroe County EC); John Rowe, KE5ECA;
and Doug Scallions, KD5FUO (Lowndes County EC). -- Doug Scallions,
KD5FUO, EC Lowndes County
+ Wisconsin Tornado Response
January 7, 2008 -- A rare January EF3 tornado in Wisconsin destroyed
houses and knocked out power, displacing about 160 people. The Red
Cross activated Kenosha County and Racine County ARES groups to
provide logistical communications at the two relief shelters in
Kenosha County, as well as from a communications station at the
Kenosha County EOC. Shadowing American Red Cross teams, ARES members
helped relay damage assessments back to the Red Cross building in
Racine.
Racine Assistant EC Alex Voss, N9RGX, said "We set up a
communications network at the American Red Cross in Racine, outside
of the affected area. We were ready to go when activated. I couldn't
be more proud of our volunteers. We will work with the responding
agencies as long as they need us. We'll take what we've learned this
time and use it to improve our response in the future."
Wisconsin SEC William Niemuth, KB9ENO, reported "in Wheatland, 20
homes were destroyed. In Kenosha, six homes were destroyed." He
thanked the 18 ARES and RACES members who responded. "I bet this
morning that [the 18 responders] never thought they would be
responding to help their community recover from an EF3 tornado by
evening! But, the reality is emergency and disaster situations most
always catch us by surprise. That is why we train and prepare."
Sheriff Beth concurred: "It was heart-wrenching to see how most of
these people are volunteers, and they just strap on their clothes,
they leave their loved ones at home and they go running to help
others. -- Racine County EC Jim Markstrom, KB9MMA; Racine County AEC
Alexander Voss, N9RGX; Wisconsin SEC William Niemuth, KB9ENO; David
Voss, WB9USI; in the ARRL Letter
+ Illinois Flooding Response
January 10, 2008 -- Flooding of the Iroquois River and Sugar Creek in
Iroquois County, Illinois, resulted in the Iroquois County Amateur
Radio Club ARES Group supporting American Red Cross and the Iroquois
emergency management agency with communications using agency radios.
ARES members provided Red Cross with damage assessments and shelter
support. There were 13 amateurs participating. Duration of the event
was 12 days. The Iroquois County Amateur Radio SKYWARN Net was held
on the 147.03 MHz (W9RWX), 444.625 MHz (W9QKF), and the 146.85 MHz
(K9TA) repeaters.
ARES members worked at the American Red Cross local chapter office,
Red Cross Shelters set up for displaced persons, the Iroquois County
EOC, and with Red Cross Damage Assessment Team members. Justin
Kaiser, KC9GNH, provided emergency information via AM/FM Radio
Station WGFA located in Watseka. This station was reachable only by
boat. The W9QKF repeater site was also flooded but a quick thinking
Kaiser put the repeater up on a table and kept it in operation. --
Roy Eades, KA9MZJ, EC Ford/Iroquois Counties <ka9mzj@mchsi.com>;
+ New England Nor'easter ARES/RACES/SKYWARN Response
January 14, 2008 -- A Nor'easter prompted an activation of
ARES/RACES/SKYWARN groups across New England as the storm brought a
heavy wet snow to the region causing damage to trees and power lines
particularly in portions of Massachusetts, Northern Connecticut, and
Northwest Rhode Island. The National Weather Service (NWS) Taunton,
Massachusetts Amateur Radio station, WX1BOX, NWS Gray, Maine station
WX1GYX, and the Massachusetts State EOC and Region 1 Headquarters
covering northeast Massachusetts were active.
SKYWARN nets were activated to report snowfall and storm related
damage. Ray Weber, KA1JJM, and Eric Tuller, N1QKO, from Western
Massachusetts SKYWARN were active gathering reports, with the hardest
hit areas being in the Springfield area.
Rob Macedo, KD1CY, Eastern Massachusetts SEC and ARES SKYWARN
Coordinator for NWS Taunton, said "At the height of the storm, over
9,000 homes in the area lost power." The Mount Tom, 146.94 MHz
repeater was used.
In northern Connecticut, Roger Jeanfaivre, K1PAI, Hartford-Tolland
County SKYWARN Coordinator relayed reports from the 146.79 MHz Vernon
repeater, sponsored by the Pioneer Valley Radio Association (PVRA).
The KB1AEV Connecticut linked repeater system was also used.
In Rhode Island, ARES activated their snow desk providing reports on
road conditions and snowfall reports and SKYWARN there also monitored
the situation. John Buco, N1EGS, from Rhode Island SKYWARN, reported
significant tree and power line damage. Rhode Island EMA Coordinator
and ARES SEC Rick Andreano, K3OQH, and SKYWARN Coordinator Martin
Mendelson, closely monitored the situation.
The New England EchoLink/IRLP Reflector gateway system was active on
Echolink conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123/IRLP 9123. This served as an
interoperability hub between the Massachusetts State EOC, the
Massachusetts Region 1 Headquarters, NWS Taunton, Massachusetts and
NWS Gray, Maine. Snowfall and damage reports were received from over
20 connections that were attached to the system.
In Central and Eastern Massachusetts, North Shore SKYWARN was active
on the NSRA 145.47 MHz Danvers repeater with SKYWARN monitoring in
Central Massachusetts on the 146.97 MHz Paxton repeater. The 146.895
MHz Walpole repeater operated under emergency power. "We had numerous
trees and wires down with the weight of the snow," said Roger Turner,
W1ZSA, Walpole EMA Director and Norfolk County SKYWARN Coordinator.
Tom Kinahan, N1CPE, Massachusetts State RACES Radio Officer, relayed
a report from Public Information Officer Peter Judge at Massachusetts
Emergency Management HQ in Framingham that at the height of the storm
45,000 people were without power in the state. Kinahan did a shift at
the State EOC and staffed the State EOC with ham operators starting
at midnight Monday and securing at 4 PM Monday afternoon. -- Rob
Macedo, KD1CY, Eastern Massachusetts SEC and ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
for NWS Taunton, Massachusetts
+ California License Plate Debacle Resolved
The California ham vehicle license plate debacle has reportedly been
fixed. A link has been posted at the California DMV for hams to have
their plates fixed if they received them with a space. Here is the
direct link: <http://www.dmv.ca.gov/ham/ham_plate.htm> -- Mike
Beckstrand, KG6IFV, Inland Region ACS Officer/SOCC Operations
Officer, California Governor's Office of Emergency Service
<kg6ifv@earthlink.net>;
+ Oregon Governor Allocates $250,000 For Digital Communications
Network
The State of Oregon's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) received
$250,000 from Governor Ted Kulongoski's Strategic Reserve Fund to
further develop a statewide Amateur Radio digital communications
network, said ARRL Oregon SM Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ.
"This network, the Oregon ARES Digital Network (OADN), already uses a
combination of different radio equipment and spectrum segments,
computers and the Internet to provide a robust backup communications
system in times of disaster. With its enhancements, all Oregon
counties will be able to communicate with the state OEM," she said.
"In December, this system proved its usefulness in the storms and
floods by utilizing Winlink stations in Lincoln and Clatsop Counties
to communicate with OEM. Early in that activation, the OEM's Amateur
Radio Unit found they were not able to keep up with maintaining a
complete log of communications when using voice communications, but
Winlink activities maintained an automatic log for them."
According to Altus, the primary purpose of the OADN is to provide
back-up digital communications capabilities between county Emergency
Operations Centers and Oregon Emergency Management and other state
agencies in Salem, in the event that normal communications systems
fail in an emergency.
Through an Intergovernmental Agreement between the individual county
Emergency Managers and Oregon's Office of Emergency Management,
ARES/RACES groups in each county will be responsible for
installation, maintenance and operation of the network.
+ New Emcomm Software For Windows Now Available For Beta Testing
The NarrowBand Emergency Messaging System (NBEMS) development team
announced that a Windows NBEMS software suite is now available for
beta testing. NBEMS for Windows is a suite of programs designed for
point-to-point, error-free emergency messaging.
According to developers Skip Teller, KH6TY, and Dave Freese, W1HKJ,
the NBEMS system is designed primarily for use on VHF and up, or on
HF with Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) antennas. The system
uses the computer soundcard as the modem. Other than a simple
interface connection between the computer and transceiver, no
additional hardware is needed. Composing and sending emergency
messages on NBEMS is no more difficult than sending e-mail via the
Internet. All forwarding is done by stations manned by live operators
on both ends who can confirm that a frequency is clear locally, or
negotiate a frequency change to avoid causing interference.
The NBEMS software can also be used for daily casual communications
on PSK31, PSK63, RTTY or MFSK16 and is capable of sending flawless,
high resolution, passport photo-sized color images in less than 10
minutes over any path that can sustain PSK250 without excessive
repeats, according to program authors.
Radio amateurs are invited to participate in the beta test of the
NBEMS. The NBEMS suite can be downloaded from the NBEMS Web site
<http://w1hkj.com/NBEMS/>. Send comments and bug reports via e-mail
<kh6ty@comcast.net>;.
[Jay Musikar, AF2C, DEC for East Central District of Northern
Florida, wrote this about his experience with the suite: "It can be
very useful as another tool for emcomm. The software enables the user
the option of using any one of six digital modes "on the fly." The
modes offer the opportunity to receive and transmit everything from
simple text to graphics, all in narrow banded digital modes. Some of
the main advantages: intuitive installation and usage, and choice of
modes - PSK 31, PSK 62, PSK 125, PSK 250, MFSK and RTTY. Digital
modes work well using low power and NVIS antennas during emergencies.
Modes are narrowband. A minor disadvantage is that the Macros must
utilize upper-case letters for commands <COMMAND>. The software is
rather Spartan, but as an emcomm program it deserves consideration.
It is simple and offers many options. Oh yes, and it's free!"]
+ LETTERS: Traditional Media Vs. New Media in an Emergency Situation
There has been interesting discussion about the changing definition
of "media," especially as it applies during emergency events. I read
quite a bit about the use of Twittermapping during the recent
California wildfires, and personally saw how tools like text
messaging, Google maps, and Web based tools were used extensively in
the Katrina response. <http://www.ddmcd.com/situation.html>
Locally, our state EMA and other agencies like the National Weather
Service have started making use of on-line "chat" room service where
traditional media outlets, trained (and vetted) storm spotters, and
EMA personnel can all exchange information. It's become a mixture of
storm/damage reports, speculation about upcoming weather events, and
real time collaboration. It works because everyone in the group is
vetted, and responsible for their postings. If it were opened up to
the general public, I imagine the flow of information would become
chaotic.
These tools offer increased situation awareness, but they also
present new challenges regarding access, and information control.
It's a brave new world. -- Les Rayburn, N1LF, Shelby County EC,
Alabama
+ LETTERS: More on Certification
Certification in the IT community has gotten to a point where it
means very little to prospective employers. Certification testing has
become a profitable business and does not validate a person's ability
to carry out a specific task; it just proves that someone can pass a
test.
Yes, we all need to be on the same page and understand the jargon
used and requirements of our served agencies. But, I would trade a
certified ARES member who is "book smart" only, for anybody who was
willing to come out in the cold for an activation or drill, knew how
to program and fully use the radios he was using without looking at
the manual, willing to take directions and orders from senior
members, and knew the difference between a left, right and double
mouse click on a compter. -- Steve Fleckenstein, N2UBP, EC/RO, Orange
County, New York ARES/RACES
Gee, isn't the answer obvious? Every year or two I am required to
renew my CPR for the Professional Rescuer (or equivalent) card. I do
this not by retaking the original course but by taking a refresher
course. Same with my EMT cert, which requires 24 hours of refreshment
plus skills testing. The refresher is actually more advanced than the
original class and provides ample opportunity to update people on
changes and remind them of skills they do use very often. I am not
sure why people even need to discuss "repeating" classes when the
answer is so darn obvious: Let's create refresher courses. -- David
Coursey, N5FDL, Emergency Coordinator, San Joaquin County ARES, SJV
Section, California <n5fdl@arrl.net>;, <david@coursey.com>;
+ NEW PRODUCTS: WXSpots Software Freely Available!
WXSpots, a new tool in the tool chest for SKYWARN operations and
weather enthusiasts is now available. WXSpots is a free, Internet
based system designed to quickly disseminate observed reports of
severe weather to all connected users. It provides the means to help
monitor local severe weather as it unfolds with many more observers
able to communicate what they are seeing. WXSpots features include:
- The ability to disseminate observations quickly and efficiently
anywhere.
- The ability to add the eyes of SKYWARN enthusiasts who aren't
Amateur Radio operators.
- The ability to instantly create message groups with other
connected users on the fly.
- The ability to monitor observations from all users, or only
display observations for your state or county.
- An automated, historical record of recent observations.
- The ability to keep tabs on current observations without
necessarily being near a radio.
To download the software and learn more, please visit
<http://www.wxspots.com/>
+ EmComm East: September 20, 2008
EmComm East will be held at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New
York, Saturday, September 20, 2008. EmComm East is an Amateur Radio
emergency communications conference, where Amateur Radio operators
involved in EmComm can attend training sessions on technical topics,
purchase equipment and supplies from vendors, learn from served
agencies, obtain VE testing for license upgrades, and interact with
other EmComm operators from all over the area. The EmComm East
Conference Committee encourages Amateur Radio operators, served
agencies, and others involved in emergency communication to submit
presentation proposals for general interest sessions. $30
pre-registration, continental breakfast and lunch included. For more
information, please visit <http://www.emcommeast.org/>. Contact Jeff
Wigal, WY7Q, at <info@emcommeast.org>;
+ K1CE For a Final
A number of readers wrote in response to "The View" in the last issue
on the IPCC's report on climate change and implications for ARES,
with many suggesting that the whole issue has no foundation, or is
based on a political, as opposed to a scientific, agenda.
I don't know, but it just seems to me that if you can't trust a large
group of scientists with solid credentials from multiple disciplines
and many countries and cultures, under the umbrella of the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations
Environmental Programme (UNEP), vetted by the Nobel Prize Committee
itself, then who can you trust?
See you next month! 73, Rick K1CE
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