Hello,
Winter Fest attendee and CIDX member Thomas Whitherspoon, K4SWL is
giving a talk tonight about his experience with Hurricane Helene. He
gave a similar talk at the last Winter Fest and Northeast HamXposition.
73 Eric
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Subject: [GEMOTO:20939] The social aspects of being in an isolated
community after a disaster.
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:31:29 +0000
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: gemoto <[email protected]>
This is from a local radio club but the topic is very unusual and
relevant to all hams. We all talk about the technical aspects of
preparing for a communications emergency but what about dealing with the
people who are directly affected… even isolated?
Read on. The zoom accessed meeting information is below and you are
invited to the presentation tonight, Wednesday Oct-22. Details below.
*______________________________***
Rick Zach, KK1RZ
Gilford, NH
603-703-4740
The Central New Hampshire Amateur Radio Club
* A truly unique October-22 meeting*
*______________________________________________________________________________*
*Next meeting: October 22nd which is a Wednesday.**
*Topic: The social aspects of being in an isolated community after a
disaster.**
*7:00 PM General **c**lub information updates*
*7:30 PM: The main presentation*
You may have heard of Thomas Whitherspoon, K4SWL from the Ham Radio
Workbench
<https://cnharc.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=566d340f5dffe6812f3465610&id=aaa62c0945&e=70b4e0650c> podcast
and QRPer.com
<https://cnharc.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=566d340f5dffe6812f3465610&id=d7784de67d&e=70b4e0650c>.
What you may not know was that Thomas and his very isolated, rural
western NC community were caught in the middle of Hurricane Helene’s
fury. His neighbors were truely isolated with no commercial power and
roads that were impossibly covered by many downed trees. One neighbor
even required a helpcopter Medivac. Ham radio played an obvious role
but the more interesting part was how the community banded together,
each family with special skills that ranged from heavy equipment
mechanics, welders, cooks, and even Diesel fuel poachers. And ham
radio. Thomas gave this presentation at the Marlborough, MA HamExpo and
this will be a slightly shortened version to allow enough time for live
member Q&A.
You will find that Thomas is a very giving person who is truly dedicated
to his family and his community. Ham radio is just one of his many tools.
How do resources get in and out?
Helicopter Medivac of two neighbors
Thomas's faithful and now former Subaru, aka Ella-Sue.
Thomas Witherspoon, K4SWL
*______________________________________________________________________________*
*ZOOM: October CNHARC Meeting *
Time: Wednesday,Oct 22, 2025 Test at 06:45 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Main presentation at 7:30 PM
Join the Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6038009105?pwd=6mwGCEEZDS4Isd3a2v9hcXGwg6jAVf.1&omn=85171364928
<https://cnharc.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=566d340f5dffe6812f3465610&id=6fe9db73c1&e=70b4e0650c>
Meeting ID: 603 800 9105
Passcode: 724661
*______________________________________________________________________________*
More meeting details available on our web site: https://www.cnharc.org/
<https://cnharc.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=566d340f5dffe6812f3465610&id=a444752373&e=70b4e0650c>
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