[Scan-DC] Multiple Tornadoes, Collapse, general alarm Chas. Cty. MD 19:15

Sun, 28 Apr 2002 21:15:25 -0400

VERY true.

Also, don't know if I put this out yet or not, but there are approx 9 helos,
medevac and others, overhead in Charles County right now.  Just about
everything NoVa and Southern Md, as well as DC and PG have.  3 just went
airborne to various hospitals, and the Command is saying they have "lots
more" to fly.
Ops are coming in loud and clear on 154.280, PG County talking mostly to the
Fairfax Collapse/Tech rescue teams.  They've just pulled up on scene at the
Courthouse in La Plata.  I've also heard Howard and AA County units checking
in, enroute to the scene.

Jason Grabill
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wilson" <[email protected]>
To: "Grabill" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Multiple Tornadoes, Collapse, general alarm Chas.
Cty. MD 19:15

>      If in fact it is a repeater operation, it is an alligator...all mouth
and
> no ears due to the repeater input frequency sensitivity threshold set so
high.
> In my opinion, that is a self defeating purpose for a repeater operation.
A
> repeater's coverage should be I/O balanced.  You just know probably one
result
> from this disaster....another big buck 800 mhz. trunked comm system.
>
>
>
> Grabill wrote:
>
> > Charles County is hard as hell to listen to on the Mobiles.  I used to
live
> > in Calvert County, and couldn't hear a thing on mobile.  Its a Repeater,
> > allegedly.
> >
> > Also, an update, the Task Force Cave In units are staging at the Charles
> > County Courthouse in La Plata.  The "regular" fire units are being asked
to
> > stage at the La Plata Fire Co, on Washington Street.  The courthouse is
also
> > near there.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > >     I am hearing  the 158.775 mhz. (ch. 1) Charles County dispatch
> > > transmission relatively  noise free near Petersburg, Va.  I thought it
was
> > a
> > > repeater operation, but I am hearing only the base station, no
mobiles.
> > Is
> > > it a simplex or cross frequency operation?
> > >
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:47:46 -0400 (EDT) Frederick J Cox
> > <[email protected]>
> > > > writes:
> > > > > Multiple tornado touchdowns, town of LaPlata, Multiple Commercial
> > > > > Buildings and Residencial Building destroyed/down, Multiple
> > > > > Casulties.
> > > > > Rt. 301 and Rt. 6
> > > > > All stations alerted and responding.
> > > > > Town SHUTDOWN, all traffic
> > > > >
> > > > > Freqs.
> > > > > Fire: 158.7750, 155.0850, 155.8650
> > > > > Police: 155.6100, 155.5350, 155.6400, 39.06
> > > >
> > > > Thanks. You can hear them in Newark? Nit to pick: it's La Plata,
with a
> > > > space between the two words. Another tornado has been sighted near
> > > > Waldorf. Are those freqs the Charles County police and fire, or the
La
> > > > Plata police and fire?
> > > >
> > > > I had to enter those frequencies, and they are busy, busy, busy.
Search
> > > > dogs are working, helicopters have been ordered to land, etc. Really
> > bad.
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