[K3PZN-List] Are we really prepared?

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:25:05 -0400

disasters can be of such a great magnitude that outside help from RACES/ARES
personnel from surrounding counties becomes necessary. it is in the best
intesests of all AREA/RACES groups to establish good working relationships with
each other in order to insure mutual support in time of need. 

i have been active in RACES in york county, PA for several years now and would
not hesitate to offer the support of our group if anything happened in carroll
county and i am certain that the carrol county RACES members would be willing to
support us if we needed help. 

let's hope we have an uneventful tornado/hurricane season this year and not have
to deal with a scenario such as la plata, but we have to be ready at a moments
notice to lend our support if such an event presents itself. 

both carrol and york counties should strongly consider scheduling joint training
exercises in the future to better prepare ourselves for such a disaster. let's
really give this some serious thought.

regards...
walt/K3DQB

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Subject:    [K3PZN-List] Are we really prepared? 
Author: <[email protected]>
Date:       4/30/02 10:53 AM

Yesterday, I was able to view the damage from the F5 tornado in La Plata up 
close and in person.  It reminded me of the kind of devestation we see from 
the Middle East.

Are we, as a club, really prepared to cope with an emergency of that 
magnitude? One-third of all businesses were destroyed.  Hundreds of homes 
were destroyed.  Locally, cellular communications was 'iffy' at best.  Can 
CCARC handle that quantity of emergency communications when most phone lines 
are down?

The Gamber tornado was 'small potatoes' by comparison.  The damage from this 
storm was over 400 yards wide and about 24 miles in length.

Although I can't speak for anyone else, I need more training.  I have 
Skywarn training set for 5/11.  Beyond that, what else can/should we, as a 
club, do?  I know that there are several well trained club members.  How do 
some of the rest of us get trained?

We should even practice the procedures for initializing an emergency NET.

And what about access to the EOC for the new members?

Should we hold a training meeting, discuss this on-line, or what?

Your thoughts and comments are always most welcome...

Keith Krichinsky, KB3HHK

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