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ALERT Newsletter – November 2010

Published November 1, 2010 | By KV4S
Hi everyone, After a very long dry spell October certainly proved to be an active one for ALERT with two callouts. I want to thank and thank again the following members for their activities and contributions during the callouts: At K4NWS: Jamie N4RDX who drove in from Mississippi to participate (new record holder for response distance) Stephanie KJ4NIH on her first callout Tom KG4WIA Melissa KG4WIC Terry KI4YZI Fredia KT4TEA If there were others let me know…;-) Also volunteering were Ed W4AGA, Terry KJ4KZR, Steven KB4FKN, Howard KJ4QJA, Johnnie KJ4OPZ & whoever my dusty brain is forgetting. Thanks to you all. Keep up the good work! Just think, the season has just begun. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. A Few Operational Tweaks As we progress through the fall season it’s a good time to offer a few hints, kinks and guidelines for our operations. The first concerns Tuscaloosa County. Tuscaloosa has a unique operation in that the Net Control site is located at the EMA EOC. The NCS passes the reports onsite to the EMA & the EMA then sends the reports directly to the NWS via 800 MHz, NAWAS or via Chatroom, either NWSchat or the Alabama EMA chat, which is a government only chat. So this is a unique case where K4NWS doesn’t need to g Continue reading →
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ALERT Newsletter – October 2010

Published October 15, 2010 | By KV4S
Hi everyone, This month’s newsletter may be shorter than most, due to a long lasting, but, temporary increase in workload, extra shifts and some very weird hours at my “real job”. The first thing I want to do is say a big THANKS to Stephanie KJ4NIH, Johnnie KJ4OPX & Russell KV4S for manning K4NWS during the recent SET. If there were others who responded to K4NWS make sure to let me know. This was a great turnout & your ALERT appreciates it. The SET was a success for ALERT & several things were learned or rediscovered, which will be discussed at Tuesdays meeting. The next thing I want to say, as we approach our secondary severe weather season – “ALERT’s Second Prime Time” is thanks to everyone who has stayed with ALERT during this long dry summer. ALERT’s interest/growth cycle normally peaks near the end of the severe weather seasons. Hams either first learn about ALERT or are reminded by the tornado sirens that ALERT is still here – 14 years and counting & not going away. </str Continue reading →
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ALERT Newsletter – September 2010

Published September 7, 2010 | By KV4S
Hi Everyone, I hope you are having a good Labor Day and are enjoying the early taste of fall. The lengthening shadows tell us that summer is slowly winding down. Soon the storms of our fall severe weather season will arrive as winter tries to sneak in and summer doesn’t want to cooperate and move out of the way. Now is time to ask yourself a simple question. How prepared are you – I mean really? You see we humans are reactive creatures. Once something happens and it’s over and done with THEN we train and plan for the situation that just occurred. We ready at that point. “Were ready,” we tell ourselves, and then we turn our attention to other things and then in a shorter amount of time than we think, our preparations and training fade into nothing more than a comforting myth. Continue reading →
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ALERT Newsletter – August 2010

Published August 5, 2010 | By KV4S
Hi Everyone, I hope all is going well with you and yours & that you aren’t melting in this August heat. These are some of the most dangerous days of the year, simply due to the heat. About 237 Americans die each due to heat related illnesses. Our bodies cooling mechanisms – internal blood circulation adjustments, sweating and evaporation are defeated by the high humidity. Though you are rapidly losing your bodies water stores, the sweat cannot evaporate fast enough to dissipate the heat in the high humidity. To help identify the danger zone, and express how the combined temperature and humidity “feels” or effects the human body the Heat Index was developed. Heat Index can be calculated using the simple algorithm (I have wondered what ever happened to the old word “formula”): HI = -42.379 + 2.04901523T + 10.14333127R – 0.22475541TR – 6.83783×10 -3 T 2 – 5.481717x Continue reading →
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