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The ARES E-Letter March 20, 2013
Editor: Rick Palm, K1CE

In This Issue:

*Next Week! National Hurricane Conference: Amateur Radio Sessions
*Mississippi Tornadoes; ARES Responses
*Freak Snowstorm Hits Billings, Montana: Hams Rally
*Hillsborough County (FL) Active in Operation RADAR II
*Hams Work When Cell Phones Don't in Florida Swamp
*US NATIONAL GRID - A Geo-Spatial Tool for Public Service Communications
*Letters: CERT Members are Qualified, Not Certified
*Visit the New Citizen Corps and CERT Web Pages
*Letters: Professional Commends Amateurs After Operation RADAR II
*Books: Snow Info
*Tips: Batteries at the Heart of Portable Comms
*FEMA Tip: Test Your Readiness
*K1CE For a Final

Next Week! National Hurricane Conference: Amateur Radio Sessions
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The National Hurricane Conference will be held next week, March 25-28 at the
Hilton New Orleans Riverside in New Orleans, Louisiana. There will be
several Amateur Radio activities going on during the week, especially on
Monday. The National Hurricane Conference (NHC) leadership continues to
recognize the valuable contribution of ARES and again invited us to
participate with three sessions, as follows:

NHC Session #1: Monday, March 25, 2013 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. This is
the main Amateur Radio session of the National Hurricane Conference and will
cover Hurricanes Sandy and Isaac Amateur Radio responses.

NHC Session #2: Monday, March 25, 2013 from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. This session
will cover Amateur Radio at the National Hurricane Center, the WX4NHC Haiti
Earthquake Mission, VoIP Hurricane Watch Net and will feature special guest
speaker Dr. Rick Knabb, Director of the National Hurricane Center.

NHC Session #3: Monday, March 25, 2013 from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm. This session
is designed for Emergency Management personnel and is entitled "Amateur
Radio Rap Session - The Emergency Manager's Hidden Resource." This is an
increasingly popular session where Emergency Management personnel from all
over the country interact with ARES personnel on aspects of disaster
communications.

The three Amateur Radio presentations will be recorded and streamed live on
the Internet by James Palmer, KB1KQW at, www.nsradio.org/stream.htm and
www.voipwx.net/files/stream.htm

All hams are invited, at no cost to attend the Amateur Radio sessions at the
National Hurricane Conference.

For additional information:

http://www.hurricanemeeting.com

http://www.southeastern.arrl.org/2013NationalHurricaneConferenceActivities.pdf

https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_gi_new&groupID=10994405

http://www.southeastern.arrl.org

http://www.voipwx.net

National Hurricane Conference Presenters:

Special Guest Speaker, Dr. Rick Knabb, Director of the National Hurricane
Center

John McHugh, K4AG, WX4NHC Coordinator for Amateur Radio, National Hurricane
Center

Julio Ripoll, WD4R, WX4NHC Assistant Coordinator for Amateur Radio,
www.wx4nhc.org

Rob Macedo, KD1CY, Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net and
ARRL Section Emergency Coordinator, Eastern Massachusetts Section

Dennis Dura, K2DCD, Assistant Director of the Office of Emergency
Management, New Jersey DHS

Joe Stepansky, KQ3F, Hurricane Watch Net, Net Control

Mike Corey, KI1U, ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager

Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, ARRL Southeastern Division Director

We encourage you to visit and participate in all the activities you can and
learn more about ARES communications in the context of hurricane disasters.
Hope to see you there! -- Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, ARRL Southeastern Division
Director, http://www.southeastern.arrl.org

Mississippi Tornadoes; ARES Responses
-------------------------------------
On February 10 a line of severe storms pushed east across Mississippi
resulting in numerous severe thunderstorm watches and warnings, as well as
tornado watches and warnings. The storm produced heavy rains, flash
flooding, and tornadoes that left behind widespread damage, debris, and
injuries. One tornado track measured approximately 75 miles long with
touchdowns in Marion, Lamar, and Forrest counties, with Forrest County the
most heavily impacted.

DEC Larry Morgan, AG5Z, reported that as the EF-4 tornado approached
Hattiesburg informal emergency nets were started on two local repeaters. The
nets eventually merged on the 146.775 MHz repeater. When the net got a
confirmed report of a tornado on the ground, it went into a more formal
mode. Calls were made to Forrest and Lamar County EOCs to see if ARES
support was needed. Since their communications were not disrupted, the net
was asked to stand by to be called if needed. Several stations sent damage
reports, and those needing forwarding were sent to the Forrest County EOC.
Gerald Shannon, KF5AQN, reported a gas leak near the CVS Pharmacy on Hwy 49.
Morgan forwarded the message to the Forrest County EOC by telephone.

There were several other informal H&W and damage report messages handled as
well. During the same storm event Jasper County EC Albert Mcdonald, WV1Q,
reported that the South Central SKYWARN and Jasper County ARES activated an
emergency net session for adverse weather in their served counties, taking
check-ins and emergency traffic during the storm. A host of storm spotters
and ARES members reported on this dangerous cell in the areas of Jones,
Jasper, Wayne, Smith, Lamar, Forrest and Clarke Counties. Operators played
key roles in listening for emergency traffic out of the affected areas.
Partial phone and numerous power outages were reported as well as building
damage.

Central Mississippi SKYWARN Coordinator Linda Goodman, KE5PYM, reported that
the Central Mississippi SKYWARN net activated on February 10 at 10:30 AM and
closed at 12:00 midnight for a total of 13.5 hours of operation. The net had
40 check-ins on VHF and passed 15 pieces of traffic.
There was no rest for ARES in Hattiesburg. The Red Cross requested
assistance on February 21. Hams were asked to provide back-up communication
between two active shelters and the Red Cross Headquarters facility.
Operators met with Red Cross officials and others to work out an activation
plan. Hams were advised that there was no equipment on site and responders
would need to bring their own rigs and antennas. Hams provided a rig and
coax for the Headquarters site, with which the licensed Red Cross personnel
operated.
James Lee, NE5P, activated the shelter in Purvis, and Thomas Webb, AE5QX,
activated the Hattiesburg shelter. Sam Williams, N5SP, stood by as relief
operator if needed. The Red Cross secured the activation around 8:00 PM.
Storm activity increased later that night, and hams were called back in. The
stations were secured once the severe weather passed around 1:30 AM.
The Red Cross again requested backup communications assistance on February
25. Hams were dispatched to the Purvis shelter at 2:00 PM and the
Hattiesburg shelter at 2:45 PM. Both locations lacked on-site antennas, so
operators managed to configure an adequate antenna from items they brought
with them. James Ebner, N8JE, operated the Red Cross Headquarters Station
that he had installed.
As a result of the ARES effort, the American Red Cross South Mississippi
Readiness and Response Manager, Susan Laney, sent a letter of commendation
to DEC Larry Morgan, AG5Z, recognizing the efforts of the ARES operation in
Hattiesburg. -- Mississippi Section Manager Malcolm Keown, W5XX

Freak Snowstorm Hits Billings, Montana: Hams Rally
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At 1445 on Sunday, March 3, the sunny 53 degree day suddenly clouded over
and snow started to fall from the sky. The NWS reported that the temperature
had dropped 20 degrees in 50 minutes. Within minutes, Billings was enveloped
in a total whiteout, with visibility of less than 100 feet in some areas.
Most hams were out performing their activities of daily living when the
storm hit.

At 1505, Ron Glass, WN7Y received a text message from Linda Cornetet,
KF7ITX, that power to her home just west of Shiloh Road was out. At 1510,
the Great Clips hair salon at Grand Avenue and Rehberg where Glass was
experienced several power bumps in a row - enough to cause the point-of-sale
computer to have to be manually rebooted three times in about five minutes.
Glass worked his way home through the slushy roads and poor visibility.

Upon arrival, Glass turned on his D-STAR base radio (on 147.360 MHz), and
APRS station, and began streaming live radar feeds from NWS. He put his
handheld on the public safety bands, scanning for reports. By this time,
Richard Wilson, KF7ITU, had started an informal "Standby Net" from his
spotting location near the airport, and was receiving more reports from hams
of power outages, white-out driving conditions, and also reports over the
public safety channels of slide-offs and vehicle crashes. Soon thereafter,
Zimmerman Trail hill was closed and traffic westbound from the airport
traffic circle toward Lavina was being diverted back into Billings. Wilson
said traffic was still allowed eastbound in front of the airport, but the
vehicles appeared out of the snow, drove by, and disappeared back into the
snow - all within 200 yards! Air traffic was suspended.

1625: In preparation for a possible call-up to help the City and County,
Glass sent out a shared Net Control Log on Googleİ Drive and began logging
all check-ins and radio traffic.

1639: Several hams heard over the public safety Sheriff West VHF repeater a
broadcast from the 911 Comm Center that "the only way you can reach us now
is via this VHF repeater and by cellphone. We will be contacting officers
directly in the field via cellphone." Glass assumed that the new 800 MHz
trunked system that was just upgraded last month must have faltered with the
power outages.

1650: Glass decided not to spin the Standby Net up into a full Yellowstone
ARES (YARES) Emergency Net at this time for several reasons: (1) the Comm
Center had a workaround in place - cellphones; (2) the cellphones appeared
to be working with no expectation of dropping; and (3) NWS radar showed
clearing skies and almost zero precipitation behind the initial violent
frontal boundary. The latter was confirmed with four hams who had good
visibility to the west and northwest - clearing skies, almost blue skies
already. Planes were again allowed to take off and land at the airport.

1659: Hams reported that Northwestern Energy power had been restored to
their homes west of Shiloh Road. At 1700, Glass as NCS closed the Standby
Net and completed log entries in the Google Drive online log. "We had 18
check-ins during the net, with some via cellphone text messages only, some
on D-STAR, and others were monitoring D-STAR, some on 147.360 MHz, some on
145.410 MHz, and several hams on repeaters," Glass reported.

Some wonderful, awesome, but frightening photos came out of various sources
after the storm - it was definitely one for the record books and one that
Billings residents will be talking about for quite some time. Glass received
several e-mails from people asking "did you say your group does Storm
Spotter Training in April? When and where can we attend?"

Thanks to everyone that helped, either by checking in with reports, or
standing by in listen-only mode in case we were activated. - from a report
submitted by Ron Glass, WN7Y, Yellowstone County Emergency Coordinator,
Billings, Montana

Hillsborough County (FL) Active in Operation RADAR II
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Hillsborough County (Tampa Bay area), Florida ARES/RACES was very active in
Operation RADAR II, Florida's statewide Interoperability exercise held early
last month, with over 35 amateurs involved. We were requested to participate
by Preston Cook, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue's Director of Emergency
Management.

Three teams were deployed by the county. The first team comprised four first
responders: Thurnell "Chip" Shields, Steve Lawton, Mark Fisher and Chris
Tallent. Two became involved in leadership positions during the exercise:
Shields as Region 4 COML and Tallent as Region 4 Safety Officer. All four of
these first responders have earned their amateur licenses over the course of
the last couple of years.

Two ARES/RACES teams were sent up to the exercise location at Camp Blanding,
one responsible for deploying the Region 4 MARC unit (a state asset
consisting of a cache of radios and a 100' trailer-mounted tower), and the
third team operating primarily as a remote HF base.

ARES/RACES officials deployed Bill Williams, AG4QX, operating as AUXCOMM
leader, Larry Gispert, KR4X, Jim LaFollette, W4WBL, Ian Renton, W4RIR,
leader of the MARC unit team, Warner Budd Johson, WB4J, and Robert Chapman,
KK4GKH. All teams successfully deployed long-haul and local stations and
communicated back to Hillsborough County, and to other points around the
state, and the State Warning Point.

In Hillsborough County, Keating Floyd, KC4HSI, ARES EC and RACES Officer,
coordinated operations with local and remote teams from the Hillsborough
County Emergency Operations Center, with several nets ongoing during three
days.

Hillsborough County ARES/RACES has a strong MARS presence, with operators
from all branches of MARS involved. That bond with our military was
strengthened by coordinating with the 290th JCSS of the Florida Air National
Guard. We communicated with elements from the JCSS in person and over MARS
circuits. That amounts to 150+ hours for the firefighters, and over 500
volunteer hours from Hillsborough County during the course of a one-week
exercise!

Positive items from this exercise included the opportunity to participate in
a statewide communications exercise, remotely and locally. This simulated
real-world conditions, with the need to communicate with deployed
Hillsborough County ARES/RACES personnel having been experienced after
various hurricanes and the Haiti earthquake.

There were issues in-county, which included interesting slip-ups in passing
message traffic. All messages eventually got through, and everyone kept up
their spirits and had a good time, but we learned that we need to practice
message handling more.

Volunteer organizations have the critical need to ensure there is something
for volunteers to do, and an exercise is a great outlet for that need. Many
operators checked in, passed traffic, and monitored the various nets, both
local and remote. Activities that would be needed in disaster communications
were performed in the safety and comfort of a normal day, without the stress
of a real event over our heads.

Perhaps most importantly of all of these details, there was great
camaraderie during the course of this exercise. The deployed and local
teams, fire fighters and amateurs, military and civilians, developed
stronger and, in some cases, new, working relationships. The next time we
are called up, for an exercise or real-world disaster, everything will be
easier because of these good working relationships with our communications
partners. -- ARES EC/RACES Officer Keating Floyd, KC4HSI, Hillsborough
County, Florida

Hams Work When Cell Phones Don't in Florida Swamp
-------------------------------------------------
After a day of exploring the Green Swamp Wildlife Management Area -- which
covers 50,692 protected acres in Florida's Lake, Polk and Sumter Counties --
with his grandson, Joe Cody, KE4WDP, of Winter Haven, Florida, saw that the
roads were flooding and becoming hazardous. As he tried to drive out of the
area, Cody's small pick-up truck got bogged down in the mud. Since he was
out of cell phone range, Cody tried calling for help on the Dade City
146.880 MHz repeater. Richard Parker, KF4ORW, of Dade City, Florida, heard
the call and answered.

After hearing the situation, Parker called 911 in Pasco County, who put him
in touch with the dispatch in neighboring Polk County. Cody passed his
location on to Parker, who in turn passed it on to the Polk County
Sherriff's Office. "Polk County 911 took over trying to get help," Parker
said. "They called me back several times for more information and I was able
to relay information from Joe to them. Then Ted Bulmanski, W4TKB, who is
also from Dade City, started monitoring and copying Joe's information."

About 30 minutes later, Parker saw a helicopter fly over and around Cody's
position, and after another 30 minutes, Cody radioed back on the repeater,
saying he was on his way home -- thanks to a Lake County Deputy in a
Sherriff's Office truck that had a winch. "We learned that Joe was eight
miles inside Lake County," Parker explained. "That's why the Lake County
Sherriff's Office responded instead of the Polk County authorities. The Polk
County Sherriff's Office called me back to say that the helicopter from Lake
County found the truck inside Lake County and sent both a deputy from Lake
County, as well as a Fish and Game Officer and winched him out of the mud.
They called me back to thank us for assisting the stranded pair. Ham radio
still works when other forms of communications don't." --Thanks to ARRL West
Central Florida Section Public Information Coordinator Kevin Poorman, KV4CT,
for the information; ARRL Letter

US NATIONAL GRID - A Geo-Spatial Tool for Public Service Communications
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As a result of Hurricane Sandy, northeast responders were certainly faced
with response situations in unfamiliar areas or where common navigation aids
were gone, flooded or burned over. When such conditions exists, what should
be the tool employed to quickly allow for positional reporting and
navigation? The answer that many may not be familiar with is: US National
Grid (USNG), a national standard coordinate system designed for land-based
operations and which is consistent with military operations since 1949.

Amateur Radio operators staffing EOCs and supporting emergency
communications should be familiar with USNG as responders and emergency
managers will be using it. In October, 2012, the Florida Division of
Emergency Management issued a new Field Operations Guide that describes how
Florida emergency services will use USNG. USNG has been a part of Florida's
high level planning documents since 2010 with references going back to 2006.

USNG is effectively the same as Military Grid Reference System (MGRS), and
is a derivative of the Universal Transverse Mercador (UTM), which hikers
employ routinely. USNG can be displayed on your smartphone easily. However,
a GPS receiver is not mandatory. Paper maps are always a priority and all
should include USNG grid lines when created. Fire and law enforcement
computer aided dispatch and mobile data terminals can also be made to
display properly labeled grids.

All maps need a grid system in order to be most usable. Maps already in use
or those found in office supply or convenience stores typically display
non-interoperable "bingo" grids. Maps from the Internet are generally devoid
of grid lines and thus are effectively just "pictures." What responders and
emergency communicators need are properly labeled, gridded USNG maps. USNG
can specify areas of 1 Km, 100 meters or 10 meters with as little as four,
six or eight digits respectively and without dashes, decimal points or
degrees. This facilitates easier radio communications of coordinates. 15S UB
6912 0927 represents a coordinate with precision of 10 meters square (33' x
33'). When the components 15S UB are truncated by local users, 691 092
represents 100 meters square (330' x 330') and 69 09 is the 1 Km square
area. In words, 6912 0927 is a location 12% right and 27% up in 1 Km grid 69
09.

USNG area references will be used tactically. 100 meter or 10 meter grids
can identify helispots, structures, homes, bridges, specific damage, etc. in
combination with or in place of the paradigm of street address, as
appropriate. Out-of-area personnel may have no familiarity with local
addresses, but when versed in the simple x-y nature of USNG, finding a
location can be less stressful and certainly more efficient. USNG
coordinates for all locations such as shelters, points-of-distribution,
staging areas, etc., should be added to all planning documents.

USNG is designated by the States of Minnesota and Florida as the preferred
coordinate system. Federal agencies comprising the National Search and
Rescue Committee have designated USNG as the coordinate system for all land
search and rescue operations as of November 2011.

When the street addressing system is unfamiliar, blown away, burned over,
flooded or is non-existent in a rural or wilderness areas, the interoperable
coordinate system to report position and to navigate by is US National Grid.
-- Al Studt, CFPS, KF4KIR, Florida Fire Instructor III, kf4kir@gmail.com,
Cocoa, Florida

Letters: CERT Members are Qualified, Not Certified
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In your last issue, a writer said "pleased to see your article The Future of
ARES is CERTain in January 2013 QST. I am CERT trained and certified along
with being a licensed operator. In our group, . . ."

CERT members are "qualified" after taking certain specified courses
(IS-317), not "certified." This is a small point but may have legal
ramifications. - Tom Ponte, WB1CZX, EC, Perquimans County, North Carolina

Visit the New Citizen Corps and CERT Web Pages
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The Citizen Corps website and CERT web page have relocated to new homes.
FEMA has consolidated all of its online content, including content currently
on the Citizen Corps website, into two websites: FEMA.gov and Ready.gov. In
addition to reducing costs, this website migration provides an opportunity
to increase the visibility of our programs to an entirely new audience and
to recruit new volunteers. The new website locations also give you easy
access to more resources than ever and an updated look and feel for online
content.

Now when you try visiting the original Citizen Corps website, you should be
automatically redirected to the new page at www.ready.gov/citizen-corps.
Likewise, if you try visiting the original CERT website, you should be
automatically redirected to its new page at
www.fema.gov/community-emergency-response-teams.

The new web pages should have all of the functions of the original Citizen
Corps and CERT websites, including program registration and profile updates.
We also intend to build out State-specific pages to drive more traffic to
the State websites. If anything is missing or does not work properly, please
do not hesitate to reach out to us at citizencorps@fema.dhs.gov.

Be sure to check out the new Citizen Corps and CERT web pages today for the
latest program news and updates! -- FEMA

Letters: Professional Commends Amateurs After Operation RADAR II
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In re Florida's major interoperability exercise held last month and reported
in last month's issue, a professional participant wrote: "As someone who has
been involved in first responder communications for many years, this type of
training is what is needed on an annual basis. Regardless if you're a
volunteer or a communications professional, any opportunity to train in a
real environment validates what you as an individual or as a member of a
team can offer. There was excellent participation by the amateur community;
Amateur Radio operators surprised a lot of us with their level of
professionalism." -- David P. Byrum, Communications Engineer, Communication
Maintenance Manager 1, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, DHS/FEMA
ALL-HAZARDS ICS COML Instructor, KA4EBX, SKYWARN; thanks Kevin Poorman,
KV4CT, ARRL West Central Florida PIC

Books: Snow Info
----------------
The book The Snow Booklet, a Guide to the Science, Climatology, and the
Measurement of Snow in the United States by Nolan J. Doesken and Arthur
Judson, contains a good description of measuring snow depth under difficult
conditions as well as instructions for the measurement of "new snowfall" and
the water content of the "new snowfall." The publication is sold out, but
available free on-line at: http://ccc.atmos.colostate.edu/snowbooklet.php --
Jim Hastings, K9AUC, St. Louis, Missouri

Tips: Batteries at the Heart of Portable Comms
----------------------------------------------
Back about 20 years ago, NiCd batteries were notorious for having a
pronounced memory effect caused by a special type of crystal formation
within the battery. This particular mechanism has been eliminated in current
NiCd cells but our memory of it, so to speak, is long.

Today's batteries all have some kind of memory in which the capacity of the
battery changes with patterns and depths of discharge. Each type of battery
chemistry exhibits this effect for different reasons - some types stronger
than others. Unfortunately, it's also referred to as a "memory effect" which
is confusing to those of us who remember the old "memory effect." Nothing
like calling two different things by the same name to generate a lot of
confusion!

Because this effect varies with battery type, blanket statements about it
are unwise. Isidor Buchmann's *excellent* and very readable book, Batteries
In a Portable World, and its sibling website, www.batteryuniversity.com,
tackle the full spectrum of battery types and how to apply them. On the
website, I highly recommend taking the opportunity to read the section "How
to Prolong Battery Life." The book is available from the ARRL Store and
other book sellers. Both should put a charge into your understanding of this
important energy source that is crucial to effective emcomm operation. Good
luck and may your batteries live long and prosper! -- Ward Silver, N0AX,
Contributing Editor, QST; ARRL Contest Update Editor; St. Charles, Missouri

FEMA Tip: Test Your Readiness
-----------------------------
FEMA Private Sector Resilience Tip of the Week 3/11/13: Assess your
organization's emergency preparedness with the Ready Rating system:
http://www.readyrating.org/.

K1CE For a Final
----------------
I enjoyed this word of wisdom, relayed from Ward Silver, N0AX, from the
CQ-Contest reflector: "In my experience, I can say with certainty that
spending time running in a contest is excellent preparation for operating as
a Net Control Station during an emergency. The hours spent handling
Sweepstakes exchanges reinforces a level of discipline needed to accurately
handle H&W traffic during a relief operation that comes during and after a
natural catastrophe. If one is ready to face it, one usually arrives at
recognizing the part of the equation that usually needs the most improvement
is... the OPERATOR." -- Geoffrey Way, KA1IOR
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