[PBARC] Katrina Volunteeers Needed in MS, AL!

[E. Glenn Wolf, Jr.]

Well fellow Arkansas 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

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