[Skywarn] SKYWARN TESTING

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KD7JYK DM09" <kd7jyk at earthlink.net>
To: <skywarn at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 23:56
Subject: Re: [Skywarn] SKYWARN TESTING


> Oh, boy...
>
> Same problem here.  I saw a note go out about a past Skywarn training 
> about
> twenty minutes from here so I replied to the poster, a meteorologist for
> NOAA and mentioned it would have been good to know BEFORE the class.  He
> sent me a link to the announcement page, which I checked daily for two
> years.  They still had training, they still didn't tell anyone about it...
> FINALLY, I called the head meteorologist, about a week before a class,
> fortunately, and he gave me the details and location.  I checked the
> announcement page, STILL no mention of training.
>
> I called the training center to get directions, THEY had no idea training
> was going to happen.
>
> I drove to that location, just in case, they were closed...
>
> Finally, someone showed up!  I got "trained".  I didn't learn anything I
> didn't know, but got my spotter number.  I checked the website again, 
> still
> no mention of training, in fact, in three years, the announcement page has
> never announced a training session.
>
> Other than that...
>
> Nets - Dead.
>
> Packet - Dead
>
> Newsletter - Dead
>
> E-Mail reflectors on QTH and Yahoo - Dead.
>
> Meterological events, strong wind, gusts, limited visibility due to dust,
> rain, snow, hail, smoke, flash floods, microbursts, squalls, the norm.
>
> But, at least I got my spotter number...
>
> What you need to do is call or visit in person your local NOAA office and
> talk to the head meteorologist, not a flunky intern.
>
> Kurt, LY58
>
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