[nrv-hams] Fwd: Weather reporting for Skywarn

[Russ Abbey]

Hi Dave,
It should have been down on the bottom of the email I sent.  Since you are
the only one who has replied so far I will take it as your spam or email
provider stripped it out.  I will attach it again to the bottom of this
email.

73
Russ Abbey, N4MAV
Floyd County, Virginia

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 9:21 PM, Knight, Dave <diemkae at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, got m attention ... where can I see the " attached a note on this and
> the repeaters that handle the nets" ?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
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>
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>
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> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 7:49 PM, <dannywylam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Russ Abbey <n4mav1 at gmail.com>
> > > Date: March 6, 2018 at 5:22:38 PM EST
> > > To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> > > Subject: Weather reporting for Skywarn
> > >
> > > Good Afternoon Everyone,
> > > I was contacted by the National Weather Service about weather reporting
> > and nets or phone or social media.  I talked to Phil Hysell KI4CPK at the
> > NWS about what was right and what they wanted for reporting.  I have
> > attached a note on this and the repeaters that handle the nets.  Please
> > take a moment at some point to take a look.
> > >
> > > With all of the nasty weather events we have had to face in the last
> > couple of years we as Hams are going to be needed to help with
> > ARES/RACES/Satern/Etc not only with deployments to where ever, but also
> > stuff we have never seen on our regions.  Look at the earth quake we had
> > several years ago here in Virginia.  Something is happening to our
> weather,
> > whether it is a pattern change or climate change I don't pretend to know.
> > However I do pay attention to what is going on.   This morning in the NY
> > Post there was an article on the weather events the last couple of years
> in
> > New England.  The last two Nor'Easters are a good example with more tidal
> > surge in the Boston harbor then seen in over 100 years of 100 years.  I
> > think they rated them as 2 and 3 on the worst.  So will we be deployed
> > anywhere?  It's up to you, f you choose not to or are way to old or
> infirm
> > to do so then don't.  Let the young bucks do it.  However, at home we can
> > report to places what we are seeing whether o
> >  ver radio or by other means.  Not just to the NWS either, notify you
> > County Emergency Coordinator of weather events and CC the NWS it only
> takes
> > a second.
> > >
> > > Thanks for listening and 73
> > >
> > > Russ Abbey, N4MAV
> > > Floyd County Virginia
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