Willis said: Just for fun, let ask you, have you ever been up at the top of the Empire state building where all the antennas are. I was there in January of 1998. ///// Never been to NYC. I was on my way there in 1999. But I only made it as far as the Jersey shore. I was stationed at Fort Dix NJ for 4 weeks as the communications and IT manager for the National Disaster Medical System and FEMA as part of Operation Provide Refuge (the Kosovo relief efforts). Fort Dix via adjacent McGuire AFB was a high security medical intake center for refugees with medical concerns plus the family members who accompanied them. The region was experiencing a terrible heatwave during the time I was there with ambient temperatures reaching as high as 115 degrees at the base. I got one partial day off out of the +30 days I was there on a hot Sunday afternoon. I drove over to the Jersey shore where I planned to catch a train into the city. While I was waiting for the train I was listening to news reports of a significant number of people who had died in NYC secondary to the heatwave. That combined with the fear of missing the last of a limited number of Sunday evening trains back to NJ caused me to not go. With the train schedule I would have only had about 7 hours to spend in the city anyway.
Patrick Griffith, CBT CBNT CRO Westminster CO http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
