[FLARES] HURRICANE WILFRED ADVISORY NUMBER 19

[n6mly]

Ron, I disagree.

Several messages for a local drill (SFL is only one of 3 FL ARES sections)
would be one thing but day after day after day of drill messages starts
taking on the feeling of spam for those not taking part in the drill (i.e.
feeling "I'm tired of pushing delete).  It clogs the list and results in the
urge to unsubscribe, thus defeating the stated purpose of the list.

I would suggest a separate list just for the drill.  They are fast and easy
to set up on Yahoo.

Phil, N6MLY
Member Clearwater ARES (WCF)
Member PCERT (Pinellas Communications Emergency Response Team)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Wetjen" <wd4ahz@gte.net>


These "simulated" Weather Posts are part of the yearly South Florida
Simulated Emergency Test (the only section that actually uses this
mailing list as part of their SET by the way - as it's intended).  In a
"real" Emergency, the same thing would be happening as each Section
would be monitoring the situation as it develops.

Instead of complaining, why not take the opportunity to "gear up" your
own ARES/RACES members as if this was a "real" threat ... and respond
accordingly by sending a CAT Team to the affected area when needed?

This is the Florida ARES mailing list - primarily for EC's and other
ARRL section officials - to use to promote their ARES/RACES activities,
share ARES information, and pass ARES traffic.  Hurricane "Wilfred" is
part of the SFL ARES SET which will run through May 3rd (if you'd read
Dale's e-mail of April 21, you'd know) ... therefore it's a perfectly
legitimate use of this reflector.

Go to http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/flares to unsubscribe
(bottom of the page).

Carry on ...

Ron, WD4AHZ
List Administrator

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