[MDC-EC] Hurricane Ike Status

[n3sb at qis.net]

Folks;

The ARRL Website is the place to go for information on volunteer coordination
for larger scale disasters. Below is the latest information from the ARRL on
Hurricane Ike. Please get into the habit of checking there for any updates, and
ask your ARES volunteers to do the same if they have questions.

73; Steve, N3SB 
SEC-MDC

Saturday September 13, 2008   0100 GMT

Anticipated staffing requests are expected to exceed resources in the Hurricane
Ike recovery areas.  ARRL will be coordinating these requests for our Field
Organization. Staff and will look first to states close to the areas involved. 
These would be NM, KS, TN, AR, MO, MS and others out of the path but closer to
Texas and Louisiana.  The actual levels of need for resources will not be
available until after the storm passes and assessments are made.

Section Managers and SEC's in specific areas have been asked to begin collecting
information on the availability of ARES volunteers now. The actual first
movement of personnel is not expected to begin until after Sunday morning
dependent on conditions in the area.

Volunteers can make their availability known to their Section Manager, SEC or
home section delegated contact.   Be sure they have your name, call, when you
can begin travel, for how long you could be deployed, and any important
considerations you may have.  Even if you are not in a Section near the
impacted area, you can still make your availability known.

Do NOT self deploy - you will be turned back

When travel is authorized, you will be notified with the specific contact
information (name and locations) and to whom to report.

There is no reimbursement for volunteer expenses.

If additional staffing is required, we will expand the call-up to Sections
further away from the impacted areas.