[PPRAANet] Fw: Lighthouse presentation

Wed May 24 22:30:26 EDT 2017

Mick - every time I see hear or think about local news, I get the song
"Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley stuck in my head.

When the responders are maxxed out - that's where we hams step in.

And if anyone wants a slow QSO on CW tonight to mentor me, I'm up on 40M
(WV7T are you listening? - smirk). Send me a note on QRZ.com or to
janzenproscott at gmail.com

I'll appreciate your patience while I continue to practice!

73 all - Scott - AD0XM

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 7:55 PM, Mick Sparling <mickspa at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the digression, but why do you suppose that I have NEVER heard
> any mention of ARES on our local or national TV news (NEVER!!!).  Is that
> because the ARES contribution is not considered significant enough to be
> mentioned or are they just prejudice against Amateur Radio?
>
>      ....During the black forest fire disaster, I even heard them proclaim
> that;  "...When all else fails, you can count on local TV to be there for
> you..."  Hay (and justifiably so), I always thought that was our line!!!?
>
> Respectively,
> Mick, W6LVW
>
>
>
> On 5/24/2017 10:48 AM, Dan Martin wrote:
>
>> Phillip,
>>
>> Lighthouse would fill the void as ARES and all other existing services
>> begin to fail. When I deploy as ARES, I am prepared to stay for a few days.
>> ARES doesn't require a commitment of weeks or months. If it did, no one
>> with a job or family commitments could participate.
>>
>> The need comes in when the degraded situation outlasts or otherwise
>> exceeds normal ARES or RACES capabilities. One example is an EMP blast
>> launched from N. Korea, the very threat that according to recent KRDO
>> Channel 13 broadcasts is the very reason that NORAD geared up the Cheyenne
>> Mtn. facility. Such an EMP event could take the N. American power grid down
>> for months. There is no way ARES and RACES can sustain through that. Our
>> generators will run out of fuel. We won't be able to get to where we are
>> needed and we won't be able to stay there.
>>
>> ARES and RACES are great for some types of emergency events, sure, but
>> nobody in the leadership structure of ARES or RACES can seriously maintain
>> that their organizations are adequate to cover the worst case scenarios,
>> not even with National Guard support. After all, those National Guard
>> members have families and significant others that they want cared for.
>> There has to be long-term and reliable comms into relatively safe areas for
>> them (National Guard, ARES, RACES) to leave their families and significant
>> others in.
>>
>> - Dan Martin KD0SMP
>>
>> On 5/24/2017 10:13 AM, Phillip H. Blanton wrote:
>>
>>> What is the point of re-inventing ARES? We have ARES. We are ARES. Why
>>> wouldn't the county just use ARES or RACES which they also already have;
>>> rather than complicating the issue with yet another  bunch of hams that we
>>> need to coordinate with?
>>>
>>> Seems to me like they should call it YASTAPPACTOWE...
>>>
>>> Yet Another Solution To A Perceived Problem Adding Complexity That
>>> Otherwise Wouldn't Exist.
>>>
>>> But what do I know... I don't own a suit.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Phillip (NØTAN)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/23/2017 3:18 PM, John Bloodgood wrote:
>>>
>>>> Apparently the attachment is causing problems.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This will be at
>>>>
>>>> Centennial Hall Auditorium
>>>> 200 S. Cascade, Colorado Springs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The flyer says 9:30 to 11:30, but I have been told that due to another
>>>> issue being discussed Lighthouse will probably not start until 10ish.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John Bloodgood, KD0SFY
>>>> Emergency Coordinator & Public Information Officer
>>>> Region 2 District 2, Colorado ARES (Pikes Peak ARES)
>>>> Follow Pikes Peak ARES at:
>>>> https://www.facebook.com/PikesPeakARES
>>>>
>>>> https://twitter.com/pikespeakARES
>>>> https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8258915
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: John Bloodgood <johnbloodgood at hotmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 1:56 PM
>>>> To: PPRAA Reflector
>>>> Subject: Fw: Lighthouse presentation
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don't know if the attachment will make it, but there is a El Paso Board
>>>> of County Commissioners work session on the 25th and they will be talking
>>>> about Lighthouse Prime.  Should start around 10 AM, if anyone would like to
>>>> attend.  Lighthouse Prime is Peggy Littleton's concept of using various
>>>> means to include amateur radio to disseminate information to communities
>>>> during disasters.  It is not RACES and maybe a little bit ARES, but more
>>>> like a smaller, local version of the NTS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John Bloodgood, KD0SFY
>>>> Emergency Coordinator & Public Information Officer
>>>> Region 2 District 2, Colorado ARES (Pikes Peak ARES)
>>>> Follow Pikes Peak ARES at:
>>>> https://www.facebook.com/PikesPeakARES
>>>>
>>>> https://twitter.com/pikespeakARES
>>>> https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8258915
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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