[nrv-hams] Fwd: Weather reporting for Skywarn

dannywylam at gmail.com dannywylam at gmail.com
Tue Mar 6 22:01:14 EST 2018


Sorry. Once again I forgot that the reflector does not pass attachments 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 6, 2018, at 9:41 PM, Russ Abbey <russ.abbey at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> In your time of need, may your piece be with you!
>> 
>> The trouble with many of today's college graduates is not that they're
>> ignorant, it's that they've been taught so much that just isn't so!
>> 
>>                                                      (with apologies to
>> Ronald Reagan).
>> 
>> 
>>> 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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