[SFDXA] Bad News - W1AW/4

[Pete Rimmel N8PR]

All,

Well, just heard from them... The damage around their house was pretty bad, 
but the house only suffered minor roof damage. Thank God!  Jim checked on 
the other operators and all had made it home safely.  His station is off the 
air, but Jim and Bonnie are fine and in good spirits from what I can tell... 
This is a much better picture that we had at 22:00Z...  What we knew at that 
time had us all worried to death...

73,

Rick
K4TD


-----Original Message----- 
- W1AW/4

All,

The WX had been very uncooperative down here this week... Line after line of 
thunderstorms with high winds, heavy rain and lightning... The QRN was 
horrific sometimes... But today it went from bad to worse... One of our guys 
(KC4HW) was hosting a multi-OP W1AW/4 event at his home in lower Alabama. 
We were coordinating with them on band selection between the two stations to 
maximize coverage... They were supposed to take 20CW from me (operating from 
AB4B), but they called to say they had lost power...  A bit later they 
called back to say they had had a direct hit from a tornado...  Not much 
news from them except that everyone is safe and that the ham station was 
totally gone; everything scattered all over the place...  I'm hoping to hear 
more soon.  Please keep that family in your prayers.  We were already 
playing this week shorthanded due to vacations and business travel; now one 
of the major stations in Alabama is just gone...

73,

Rick
K4TD

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