[HCRA] HWN To Activate - Please give them 5-10 KCs

[Daniel Sullivan]

Thursday, September 22, 2005

As of the 4:00 a.m. – 0900 UTC intermediate advisory, extremely dangerous 
Hurricane Rita, a powerful category 5 Hurricane, is closing in on the Texas 
coast.  It is therefore the plan of the Hurricane Watch Net to activate this 
afternoon at 5:00 p.m. CDT – 2200 UTC, for the purpose of making contact 
with stations in the affected area who will be available to provide weather 
information, measured or observed, beginning Friday morning.  Stations we 
will be looking for include, but are not limited to, amateur radio stations 
in the affected area, Red Cross Centers and Shelters, Salvation Army 
Shelters, EOC’s, and Hospitals.

The Hurricane Watch Net will resume operations Friday morning 8:00 a.m. CDT 
– 1300 UTC and remain active until 10:00 p.m. CDT – 0300 UTC or as long as 
the 20-meter band is closes, which ever comes first.

In the meantime, please stay tuned to this webpage for the latest updates of 
our activation plans.

http://hwn.org/home/activationplans.html