Fw: [KCDXC] You haven't got rid of me YET!!!!

Wed, 7 May 2003 21:38:40 -0500

Nope, Paul had been fighting Cancer and had a history of Heart problems. He
was one of the founders of the department I work in at BPU. when I went to
pay my respects tonite....it didn't even look like him...he will be missed
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reicher, James" <[email protected]>
To: "'Alex Tkatch'" <[email protected]>; "KCDXC Reflector"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 9:03 AM
Subject: RE: [KCDXC] You haven't got rid of me YET!!!!


> Not sure if it was tornado related, but I saw an obit in yesterday's KC
Star
> for Paul Geiger, WA0BUR, of Kansas City, KS., who passed away Sunday at
the
> age of 81.
>
> 73 de N8AU, Jim in Raymore, MO
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Tkatch [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 6:05 PM
> To: KCDXC Reflector
> Subject: Re: [KCDXC] You haven't got rid of me YET!!!!
>
>
>
> Guys,
> I just find out that one of the HAM's was hit pretty
> bad by the tornado. Fred Gerken, KC5RT from Liberty.
> He works with me at the PCS LAB.
>  The 1/3 of the roof is gone, TA33 and vertical are
> gone and backyard looks like a big pile of various
> stuff... He runs 3KW generator right know and seems to
> be OK. I have seen pictures of the tornado he took a
> few minutes before it hit-that was a big son of the
> ...
>  Fred is not a KCDXC member but he is the only local
> ham I know of who suffered from this events.
>  Should we come up with any plan for him? He said that
> was a 3-rd time he has lost his antennas and he had
> enoughf of it, but anyways...
>  Let me know what you think.
>  Thanks. Alex KU1CW
>
>
> --- Chuck Kraly <[email protected]> wrote:
> > hemorrhoid, n.......a royal pain in the butt, that
> > cannot be removed.
> >
> >
> > Well here is the latest guys.....be patient I just
> > got home and roadrunner
> > just came back on line.
> > Been at work since about 5pm last nite.
> >
> > First of all, thats for all the concern. Carla and I
> > are fine, and no
> > property damage here. The twister hit just southwest
> > of the Woodlands, and
> > traveled a northeasterly path. Was about 1/2 mile
> > from here at the closest
> > point.
> > Charlie, WD0GQA was even closer. It hit about 200
> > yds from his house to the
> > east-southeast. Also all are well and no damage to
> > his property.
> >
> > Guys, let me say something here. As some of you
> > know, I have spotted storms
> > since 1979 when I first got my ticket. And have seen
> > some real bizarre ones
> > in 23 yrs at BPU. NONE of those compare to this. The
> > damage is totally
> > disturbing. I have taken 125 pix of "Ground Zero",
> > and will be putting them
> > on a web page soon. Now, understand, majority of
> > these are taken from a
> > moving vehicle as we went from "mess to mess". After
> > seeing some of these
> > pix, it would be impossible in my opinion, to NOT
> > have a stillness in your
> > hearts. Some FAMILIES lost EVERYTHING.... and there
> > is no way to recover it.
> > The debris path is unlike anything I have seen.
> > Houses (raised-ranch, and 2
> > story) lifted OFF the foundation, and dropped 4-6
> > inches from the original
> > footings. Some houses completely disinigrated. After
> > this, an Ice Storm will
> > be a walk in the park. The hardest hit area was
> > north east of the Wyandotte
> > county lake, and due east of the Woodlands. There
> > are whole housing
> > divisions GONE!!!!
> >
> > To say that I have been affected by this, is putting
> > it mildly. I saw a
> > 100ft wooden 161kv pole, lifted out of the ground
> > INTACT. We were able to
> > measure how far the butt was in the ground, the
> > original factory cuts were
> > still intact. Not like a broken pole. This one
> > looked like it had just come
> > off the truck, but had some dirt on it. And it had
> > been in place for approx.
> > 3-4 yrs. At our substation at 99 and Parallel, we
> > had the green road signs
> > from I435 (approx 1/2 mile west) that had blown in
> > and took 4 inch aluminum
> > buss and sliced it in two. If anyone of you can
> > remember the red sign on K7
> > highway, that said "Christmas trees here" with
> > arrow, well it is 5 miles
> > east in our sub. There were 40' STEEL tower
> > structures on the west side of
> > the sub which supported our 69 KV transmission
> > lines, and had been there
> > since KCPL owned that sub in the 1970's, and they
> > were lifted and dropped
> > about 75 yrs to the east in a field. I could go on,
> > but the eyelids are
> > getting heavy, and we are on 6am to when ever shifts
> > starting in the
> > morning. As soon as some of the dust clears, I will
> > post all the pix on a
> > web page, along with an explanation of what it is
> > and approx. where it was
> > taken.
> >
> > One final note. We were sent to Pommerroy Drive and
> > Cernech, which is about
> > 2 miles due east of the Woodlands. We were
> > instructed to fix whatever we
> > could to restore power to the houses in the area.
> > When I arrived in the
> > area, I looked to the west, and out of a 25-30 house
> > neighbor hood, only 3
> > houses were KINDA intact. All the other ones were
> > red tagged by the city as
> > "Unfit". When I called the boss on the radio and
> > asked if he had a
> > particular place to start, he asked what my opinion
> > was, and I told him we
> > should get a huge frontend loader and start on the
> > east and push towards the
> > Lake. There were only 3 services to restore, and one
> > span of 7200 primary
> > wire. But, the clean up will take weeks. But, thru
> > all this, I got a pic of
> > a house (or the remnants of one) where there was a
> > for sale by owner-CHEAP
> > sign in the front yard. Another one had spray
> > painted on what was left of
> > the front- "WAS 3800 North 80th"
> >
> > Will keep you guys informed.
> > Thanks for all the concern
> > Chuck
> >
> >
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