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[rbethman]

Charlie, Et al,

No, it was not Cullman, AL.

It was Hurtsboro, AL, Russell County.  An F-3 on April 1, 1981.

Took some digging and also an internet search of NOAA tornado records.

Bob - N0DGN


On 12/31/2013 9:11 PM, Charlie , W5COV wrote:
> Was that Cullman , AL. ?
>
> Charlie, W5COV
>
> On 12/31/2013 7:47 PM, rbethman wrote:
>> I already have that 'emergency communications' under my belt.  The 
>> ARRL and NOAA both sent certificates for that gyration.
>>
>> I picked up as net control when a tornado dropped down in the night 
>> and leveled a town in Alabama.  I had very recently taken my General 
>> test in Atlanta.  I obtained a used HW-2036A after having acquired a 
>> Drake TR-22.
>>
>> ** Off the Eham site: Description: This 2-meter FM radio was a 
>> combination mobile/portable, with an internal battery pack. Crystal 
>> controlled, it offered an alternative to the less-stable (or more 
>> expensive) handhelds of the mid '70s.
>> **
>> I simply did what I and the local club president thought "we" needed 
>> to do.  This went on for around three days.  Arranging for 
>> transportation of relief items, the movement of frozen foodstuffs to 
>> another location to facilitate them not being a total loss.
>>
>> One of our club had drove to the town and was our "man on the 
>> ground", that made requests by the local authorities through the net 
>> and got them dealt with.
>>
>> Those that begin to look at being in no man's land with broken 
>> equipment are really not giving thought to current day equipment. 
>> Emergency beacons are carried by anyone that has the ability of 
>> cogent thought and reasoning.
>>
>> They are in use by those that ski, hike in the wilderness, and other 
>> things that put them out of touch with the rest of the world.  They 
>> aren't any more expensive than a reasonably new handheld.  They are 
>> picked up by satellites and feed into rescue and recovery centers.
>>
>> EPBs are on every boat that I know of that goes out to sea. General 
>> aviation has had them in their fuselage for decades, and are being 
>> upgraded.
>>
>> IMHO it would be utter folly to be going into the hinterlands without 
>> one.
>>
>> What ever happened to thinking for oneself and being prepared?
>>
>> I use a backpack, carry a minimum of a gallon of water, freeze dried 
>> food, a first aid package and survival equipment.  That includes a 
>> signal mirror as was issued to pilots back in the '60s.
>>
>> Now we have GPS systems.  My Garmin has the option to select 
>> walking/hiking mode.  I will have my location, and will either find a 
>> method of signalling by a fire, flare gun included in the survival 
>> kit, and even a night time strobe.
>>
>> Whom in a "right mind" would seriously go about wandering around in a 
>> helpless manner?  It would have to be one with no thought to what can 
>> happen.
>>
>> YMMV - it is my $0.02 worth.
>>
>> As I responded to someone else - "Ignorance is curable by education - 
>> stupidity is fatal".
>>
>> Bob - N0DGN