[MOham] Fwd: Katrina Volunteeers Needed in MS, AL!

[Ray Brown]

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:  Katrina Volunteers Needed in MS, AL!
> Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 06:39:00 -0400
> From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
> 
> Well fellow Amateurs, as we predicted the call came from HQ
> this evening:
> 
> Amateur Radio emergency communication volunteers needed! (Sep 2, 2005)
> -- The ARRL now is seeking experienced Amateur Radio emergency
> volunteers to help supplement communication for American Red Cross
> feeding and sheltering operations in Mississippi, Alabama and the
> Florida Panhandle--as many as 200 locations in all. Special
> consideration will be given to operators who have successfully
> completed the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications course
> training (Level I minimum) to serve as team leaders. These volunteer
> operators will help to provide communication and equipment for relief
> efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. If you're interested and
> qualified, please send an e-mail message to Katrina at arrl.org, providing
> name, call sign, contact information and any equipment you're willing
> and able to take along on a field deployment for an indefinite period.
> Volunteers may face hardship conditions without the usual amenities and
> will need to provide their own transportation to the marshaling area.
> 
> Additionally, contact your EC, DEC or SEC as we can keep an accounting
> on our assets in and out of state.  This is a great chance for you
> Techs to "get in to the game" and make the biggest contribution of your
> ham careers.  There is probably a great need for portable repeaters in
> the affected areas.  Generators, digital modes and HF gear will be a
> premium commodity. The devastation down there is worse than what's
> being shown on TV, so this expedition is not for the faint of heart nor
> the sqeemish. Please heed the above warnings as the areas you will be
> deployed to are as close to a war zone as you will find without going
> to war.
> 
> 73 ES GL DE K5UZ