[K3CAL] Fwd: From CALV EC: Hurricane Isabel After Action Report - FYI

[Bob N3PPH]

Forwarded from Dennis N3QHC.
To view report click
http://www.qsl.net/k3cal/Hurricane%20Isabel%20After%20Action%20Report.PDF

*TO: *ALL CALV ARES STATIONS

*DATE: *August 1, 2011

Since June 1 we have been in hurricane season.  CALV ARES & RACES 
activations for hurricanes occur mostly in August-September timeframe.  
We have been fortunate that for many years no activation of ARES & RACES 
has occurred.  That does not mean we should placid in our duty and just 
hope this year will be uneventful again.

Attached to this Email is the *_Hurricane Isabel _After_Action 
Report_*.  Hurricane Isabel occurred in 2003 and it was a major weather 
event in CALV.  We manned three shelters, American Red Cross office and 
the EOC.  It was an ALL HANDS on DECK event and we did not have that 
many hands.  Somehow we did it and were successful communicators for the 
County's RACES activation.

Please read the attached report and be prepared to ask the CALV ARES 
leadership questions on our weekly CARA/ARES Net held at 7:00PM (L) 
every Monday on the K3CAL repeater.

We have a CARA/ARES meeting this Thursday, however, there is not enough 
time allotted for discussion on this topic.  There will be an ARRL 
Official Observer, OO, at the meeting to give our group and insight on 
the role of an OO.  We really hope you make plans to attend this CARA 
General Meeting located at the County Services Plaza Building starting 
at 7:30PM (L).

In the meantime, start planning making your *to-go kits* and *testing 
your equipment* on the weekly Net.  Do not just check into on the Net, 
plan to use this opportunity to check your various radios, antennas and 
other combinations of equipment while on the Net.  These Nets are 
excellent time to test your equipment.  Now is the time to start being 
prepared for the unexpected?

When all else fails...Amateur Radio

73,

Dennis/N3QHC

EC CALV MD USA

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