[FADCA] Disaster Story

[Charles S Schuman]

Citrus co. had NO commercial radio or TV stations on the air to 
broadcast Recovery Information to the public. The one AM station
continued their normal format.

One of the AR operators with two nuebees in tow checked into his 
assigned shelter location to find that the "radio room" had been 
reassigned to the Medical staff. When he appealed to the shelter manager 
and depity, he was told that they would have to set up elsewhere.
He informed the officials that they wouldn't be able to operate w/o the
antenna line which terminated in that room. The depty dismissed them 
with the comment - We don't need Amateur Radio, We have 32 channels.

BTW: Citrus was the last county to restore commercial power.