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Bruce MacDonald<p>Asked at the news conference whether the county had a warning system that might have sounded an alert as the Guadalupe River rose, [Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly] said: “We do not have a warning system.”</p><p>He bristled at the suggestion that the county might have taken precautions to prevent loss of life.</p><p>“Rest assured, no one knew this flood was coming,” Kelly said. “This is the most dangerous river valley in the United States. We deal with floods on a regular basis. When it rains, we have water. We had no reason to believe this was going to be anything like what happened here, none whatsoever.”<br><a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/guadalupe-river-flooding-evacuations-20422474.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">expressnews.com/news/article/g</span><span class="invisible">uadalupe-river-flooding-evacuations-20422474.php</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/txwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>txwx</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EmComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmComm</span></a></p>
Art H.<p>Just finished up a real nice two hour conversation with some of the hams back where I used to live via <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/AllStar" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AllStar</a><span>. Man I miss those guys.<br><br>I've talked to a couple of hams here and they all seem to be </span><a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/emcomm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emcomm</a><span> guys who aren't interested in rag chewing. I joined one of their nets the other day and it consisted of nothing more than jumping from repeater to repeater to make sure they were all still working in case a disaster strikes.<br><br>They seemed friendly enough, but emcomm is not the reason I'm in to </span><a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/HamRadio" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HamRadio</a><span>.<br><br></span><a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/AmateurRadio" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmateurRadio</a></p>
Bruce MacDonald<p>"The art of radio only begins with what you buy to get you on the air. The real work of refining your art comes from consistent practice."<br><a href="https://iaffaiorg.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/radio-communications-for-autonomy-2025-guide-to-radios/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iaffaiorg.wordpress.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/08/radio-communications-for-autonomy-2025-guide-to-radios/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EmComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmComm</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/survival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>survival</span></a></p>
Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@wdlindsy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wdlindsy</span></a></span> too many <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/trumpers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trumpers</span></a> in my local <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/hamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamRadio</span></a> clubs for me to see them as <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/safeplaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safeplaces</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/ARES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARES</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/RACES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RACES</span></a> particularly so. (<a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/CERT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CERT</span></a>, not so much because it largely led by <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/blackwomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackwomen</span></a> &amp; run by <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a>). How would they respond to communications <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/emergenies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergenies</span></a> in 75% <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/AfricanAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/princegeorgescounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>princegeorgescounty</span></a>? I began to lose interest in local <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emcomm</span></a> years ago when "teammates" indicated that they wouldn't <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/volunteer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>volunteer</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/sketchyneighborhoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sketchyneighborhoods</span></a> 🙄. <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/sketchyneighborhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sketchyneighborhood</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/blackfolks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackfolks</span></a>.🤔 <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/blackmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackmastodon</span></a></p>
w6ahDisasters, early warning via crowdsourcing works
Patrick W1PAC<p>Had a great time providing radio communications at the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HeadOfTheCharles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadOfTheCharles</span></a> Regatta the past 3 days. Relatively uneventful for me aside from a few out of tent responses.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amateurradio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/volunteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>volunteering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emcomm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/headofthecharles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>headofthecharles</span></a></p>
KE0FFT<p>Farpoint Farms (Erik) on YouTube makes a good case for why we all might want to consider owning an old-fashioned analog <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/scanner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scanner</span></a> for use during emergencies - even if most of the comms around you have moved over to digital ~ <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/EMCOMM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EMCOMM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Helene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/DisasterCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterCommunication</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/Hurricane2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hurricane2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a> ~ <a href="https://youtu.be/BX7EH708Jd0?si=jZDKYIv9dsPRaoye" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/BX7EH708Jd0?si=jZDKYI</span><span class="invisible">v9dsPRaoye</span></a></p>
KE0FFT<p><a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/SARNET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SARNET</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> State Wide Connected Repeater System ~ <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HurricaneHelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneHelene</span></a> related Comms ~ <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/EMCOMM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EMCOMM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/ARES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARES</span></a> ~ <a href="https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/35392" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">broadcastify.com/listen/feed/3</span><span class="invisible">5392</span></a></p>
w6ah<p>Talk about Effective Communications. The MD governor reported the ship called a mayday and the traffic going onto the bridge was stopped before the collapse. </p><p>No sense of how much time passed or when the mayday was called in relation to the collapse, but it couldn't have been very long. </p><p>Strong work! Strong Communications!</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/KeyBridgeCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeyBridgeCollapse</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/keybridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>keybridge</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/maryland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maryland</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/baltimore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>baltimore</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emcomm</span></a></p>
Abraxas3d W5NYV<p>Last week's <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@RATPAC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RATPAC</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emcomm</span></a> panel had several memorable quotes that I really hope we follow up on. </p><p>The one about professional emergency services people avoiding <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> people and actively discouraging incorporation of hams into plans was hard to hear. </p><p>There was a strong consensus that the way forward was "more training" and "appear professional". A quote was "don't show up (to volunteer) dressed like you live under a bridge".</p>
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Tip on emergency response kit:

In the setup shown in the previous post you can spot a little point of sale receipt printer.

They don't need any ink. They sip only a tiny amount of power (mine is actually battery or plug powered). You can dump text files to them easily, which is good for message passing during incident response.

#hamradio #emcomm #acs #ares A contact of mine at CalOES tells me they are trying to fill a spot for All-Hazards Communications Unit Leader (COML) course. The course will be held on April 24 – 27 at Ben Clark Training Center 16791 Davis Ave., Riverside, CA, requires ICS 100,200,300,700 and 800 as prerequisites. Ping me if you might fit that profile.