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ALERT Newsletter – January 2013

Published 01/15/2013 | By KV4S
Hi everyone, This month’s newsletter will be shorter than usual as well as being little tardy. The ALERT website has been moved to a new more advanced and secure server at Cahaba Internet. This required a new callout and general email list, which are now operational. The new website https://alert-alabama.org/blog/ is operational, but, “under construction”. Russell, KV4S, is working on the website features, and on transferring some of the old “relevant” content from the old site to the new site. Russell is looking for some images, preferably weather related, for the site. If you have any decent to high quality images, with a width of 1000 pixels and a height of 288 pixels please send them to Russell. Congratulations are in order for the National Weather Service forecast offices in Birmingham, Huntsville, and Jackson, Mississippi, which have been awarded the Department of Commerce Silver Medals for their efforts during the tornado outbreak of April 27, 2011. The Continue reading →
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ALERT Newsletter – December 2012

Published 12/04/2012 | By KV4S
Hi Everyone,
December is here and you know what this means don’t you? Yes you’re right; it’s time for the ALERT Christmas party! You are all cordially invited to the ALERT Christmas party Tuesday, December 11 at the NWS Forecast Office. This is a Pot Luck affair, which means you bring your own pot, meaning a pot with food in it, a covered dish, or desert. Bring your spouse, kids, and perspective members and be prepared to have Christmas fun!
Christmas is my favorite time of the year.
Christmastime is a time of wonder & mystery. A time of bright lights, shining trees and the time of hide and seek, as presents are hid from inquiring minds and fingers.
A time one’s mind and memories drift back to days of childhood, and Christmases now long gone by. Remembering friends and family, some here, some now gone & longing that they were near once again, as it was once upon a time not so long ago. And, it is a time when, if we allow ourselves and don’t choose to “Grinch out” and be sour pusses, we can become kids once again.
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ALERT Newsletter – November 2012

Published 11/01/2012 | By KV4S
Hi everyone,
I hope this finds you well, and untouched by the hobgoblin attack of the 31st. We had no trick or treaters this year, so you know what that means. Yes, I have to eat ALL of the candy. Which is a tough job, but someone has to do it.
As we watch the Northeast recovering from the regional disaster caused by Hurricane Sandy it is to be remembered that November has arrived and with it our second tornado season. It is also to be remembered that some years the fall tornado season proves to be more active than the spring season.
With this in mind, this month’s ALERT newsletter will focus on training, with a review ALERT’s operational procedures. Please print out these instructions, keep and study them.
Also, remember that most of our “real training” is from “on the job experience”. In other words, please don’t be afraid to respond to a callout even if you feel need more training. 90 percent of our training is “learning by doing” under the supervision of seasoned mentor. That’s how I did it. My training was with David Black KB4KCH “showing me the ropes” during a callout many years ago.
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ALERT Newsletter – October 2012

Published 10/04/2012 | By KV4S
Hi everybody and welcome to the October ALERT Newsletter.
We begin this newsletter on a sad note as I have just received word of the passing of Penny Isbell KA4KUM wife and soul mate of Jay Isbell KA4KUN. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
This month’s newsletter will start off with news of the upcoming ARRL Simulated Emergency Tests.
This year’s October tests will be held on two different dates. Autauga, Cherokee, Montgomery and Shelby Counties will hold their SET’s on October 6 from 9:00 AM to 12 Noon. While Bibb, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston Counties will be holding their SET’s October 13 from 9:00 AM to 12 noon.
There will be various emergency scenarios being played out. The scenario for Shelby County will deal with a complete loss of landline phone service and sporadic and wide-area loss of cell phone service throughout the county and nearby areas.
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