[BARC-List] BARC Question of the Week: SlashDot series about Ham Radio an...

[K1bth at aol.com]

I live on the water in Hull and also have a home near the ocean in Maine.

In Hull I am about 50-60' above the water.  In fact, I am high enough to be 
in the "white" area of a flood plain map.  This means that I am high enough 
that I am not required to maintain flood insurance.  In Maine, our home is back 
and far enough above the water that I do not foresee a problem.

I have long held to the belief that if I have water approaching my foundation 
we have much bigger problems to deal with.  Even with the horrific scenes 
coming from the Indian Ocean basin I still feel the same way.

My plan is to secure the homestead and family and then report to the local 
EOC (which will probably have to be relocated to higher ground...) and start 
serving.


bth


In a message dated 1/3/2005 09:39:28 Eastern Standard Time, 
k1nun at netscape.net writes:


> Hi,
> 
> By now, you've probably seen references to Time Magazine's offhand comment 
> about Ham Radio being a casual and quirky old-fashioned hobby. Well, it has 
> set off a storm of replies to Time itself as well as this series on the online 
> blog-like website, SlashDot. Check out the comments, which are quite 
> complimentary to Ham Radio (for the most part): 
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/02/2343256&tid=215
> 
> For the Question of the Week (and first of this new year), scientists have 
> predicted the east coast of the US will also be hit by a tsunami. They just 
> don't say when. They cite faults under the Canary Islands as being prime for an 
> upheaval. So, let's pretend it will happen in two months from now. What will 
> you do? Are you prepared - and do you want to be?
> 
> 73,
> ERIC
> K1NUN
>