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From: "N9WYS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Maybe down south there has been a plethora of publicity, but up north here
> we seldom heard of the ham efforts, if at all. It's as if its another
> world. All the press is showing up here is how New Orleans hasn't overcome
> their problems yet. They don't even talk much about Biloxi or Gulfport -
> just New Orleans...
National Public Radio did a piece last Friday on people in Mississippi that
were affected much more by Hurricane Rita than Katrira. Surge tides carried
salt water up to 20 miles inland, ruining the ground so badly that even grass
won't grow on it, let alone crops.
> It's great to see and know that hams came together - after all, that's one
> of the reasons we're allowed such "latitude" with spectrum, etc. And public
> service is one of the reasons I got involved in ham radio. But the real
> story of amateur involvement in the Katrina ordeal has been lost to the
> masses - at least in my part of the country.
Just as people in the South can't comprehend a massive snow- and ice-
storm that paralyzes parts of the country for days and weeks at a time. :-(
And there have been some Nor'Easters in the past that were pretty high on
the scale, but until someone's experienced it, they have no frame of
reference to compare it to.
I guess I have a well-rounded experience level myself... I've been in a
bad ice storm where nothing moved for a week (Tulsa, OK, 1968), and
I've survived Hurricane Andrew (Miami, 1992).
So, until everyone walks in someone else's moccassins, we will always
have a big load of indifference and apathy... "I don't know, and I don't
care!"
> Just my 2¢ worth...
What do you type in for the cent? I hold ALT and type in 0216 to get
the Ø character. (need to remember the expanded ASCII character set)
_Ray_ KBØSTN
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