[Skywarn] Training

[Milw Area Skywarn Assoc]

Hello Larry and others on this list.

Because this list
is so inactive I had forgotten I was on it, but will in the future
begin posting some general interest Skywarn related messages.

I
am not sure what the training picture is like in your area, but here in
Milwaukee WI
we are expecting to see less NWS spotter classes next year
and a shift to more on-line webinars. This can be be traced to financial
limitations and manpower.

Our group has collected a series on-line
NWS spotter programs that may be helpful to
some of the newcomers in
your area. Please go review this page:

http://www.mke-skywarn.org/storm_spotters.html

Also, we have collected some Youtube videos that may be helpful:

http://www.youtube.com/user/milwaukeeskywarn
http://www.youtube.com/user/milwaukeeskywarn#g/c/6EA76CBBB5D23F58


Best regards,

Skip Voros - WD9HAS
Executive
Director 
Milwaukee Area Skywarn Association
WI nonprofit and
IRS 501c3 tax exempt
www.mke-skywarn.org  
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Re:
"Thank you for sharing your local problem with the entire world -- we

all wait breathlessly to seen the next installment of the Trials and

Tribulations of Weather Spotting in Rural Nevada" 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
IMO, that was a rather snarky response to a
problem that lots of rural hams 
have, regardless of state or territory.
While weather spotters are valuable 
in more densely populated areas,
they become life savers in rural areas. I 
speak not just as a ham, but
as an Emergency Management professional and 
educator. The National
Weather Service (at least in my area) is very 
proactive in working with
rural hams. They do this because it protects the 
public and the radar
periphery is not as accurate. The local operator 
probably has
tremendous native intelligence about local weather history and 
patterns, which is invaluable. And don't forget, the Eyeball, Mark I, is

still the most effective tool in spotting. So, instead of being rude
and part 
of the problem, do you have any suggestions that might improve
the situation? 
Since I wouldn't expect you to do something that I
wouldn't do myself, here 
are my suggestions: Please, rural hams... work
with your local Emergency 
Managers, develop a re 
lationship and
nurture it. Work with your SECs (Section Emergency 
Coordinator - in
ARRL-speak) 
http://www.arrl.org/section-emergency-coordinator With your
EM and SEC, work 
with the Warning Coordination Meteorologist (all NWS
offices have them) for 
your area to schedule classes. GROW MORE
AMATEURS!! - We complain about the 
'mean old FCC taking away our
bandwidth'. Well, if we don't use it, we lose 
it. and we only have
ourselves to blame. And while we are growing those 
amateurs - DON'T EAT
OUR YOUNG! (and not so young), by being rude to one 
another. OK, off
the soap box, nomex gear on... 'Paratus et Vigilis'Larry 
Nelson MS
NMCEMKC5KZVPortales NM USA 
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