Hi Everyone, I hope this finds everyone safe and warm this snowy icy night. These outbreaks of global warming we keep having makes me miss mosquitoes. Our spring severe weather season is just around the corner & we flirted with an outbreak Tuesday. Many thanks to Terry Christian KJ4KZR & Ed Manley W4AGA for manning K4NWS during Tuesdays callout. As we approach our severe weather season, now is the time to prepare & ask an important question. How up to speed are you in your preparedness skills? One book I read suggested maintaining a “constant state of preparedness”. That’s not to say practice being as paranoid & as pessimistic as possible, but, merely stay tuned, brush up on your skills and don’t let your previous preparation efforts (if you have made any) decay into dust. Ask yourselves these questions: Do you have a family shelter (everyone should) & is it still ready? Is your other equipment, such as generators, inverters, etc, still ready? Batteri Continue reading →