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   Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 21:37:20 -0000
   From: "svrwxrob" <rmacedo at rcn.com>
Subject: Hurricane Outlooks/Preparation Information and Advice

Hello to all....

There will be some updates on hurricane outlooks in the coming weeks.

On Tuesday April 4th, Dr. Gray will be updating his seasonal 
outlook. You can view that new outlook when it becomes available as 
well as previous outlooks from Dr. Gray at the following link:

http://hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/

The NOAA Hurricane Outlook will be issued on May 22nd and will most 
likely be available on the National Hurricane Center's Web site at 
the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

The National Hurricane Center has announced Hurricane Preparedness 
Week. It is the week of May 21st through May 27th, 2006. For more 
information, please see the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml

We are less than 2 months away from Hurricane Season. Those people 
that live in the affected area of hurricanes can take early 
mitigation/preparation efforts now to help protect life and property 
and ease the preparations if their region becomes threatened by a 
hurricane this season. 

Preparations during this time of the year can also include 
fortifying EchoLink and IRLP nodes with emergency power and making 
sure they are operational if a hurricane threatens as there maybe 
little time to do this if a hurricane is bearing down on your area. 
Doing this work now can assist WX4NHC with timely weather and damage 
reports for the protection of life and property. The Weekly VoIP 
Hurricane Net is a great place to test out your node. With the 
Raleigh system still down for maintenance, you can find the weekly 
VoIP Hurricane Net on IRLP Reflector 9508, EchoLink Node *VKEMCOMM*, 
Node #: 270177.

Also, we are looking for net controls for our weekly net and for 
activations. Please contact me if you're interested. A recruitment 
email was sent to the list on Saturday. We appreciate many of you 
who listen, however, my hope is that some of you will assist us in 
actual net operations. Its a great opportunity to make a difference 
and provide a crucial public service for WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio 
Station at the National Hurricane Center.

Thanks to all of you for your continued support of the VoIP 
Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of VoIP Hurricane Net Operations
 Eric Tuller   N1QKO
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