Hello, Jean.

Monday February 27 2012 at 08:33, you wrote to Holger Granholm:

 JP>     The knowledge acquired in this Ham activity is serving me to the
 JP> hilt now in the comparable electronic activity for computors. Even in
 JP> repairing the garage door opener. Required knowledge in this day and
 JP> age, one would be in trouble if one did not know how to reload a
 JP> flashlight.

All it takes for their fancy system to go down and well, we'll see what happens.

Here in the US, Homeland Security has issued a massive grant for many
hospitals to install equipment for WINLINK and WINMOR.  My ARES group is
working on going out and making sure all of the equipment is installed
correctly and people actually know how to use it in my area.

So while traditional roles of ham radio emergency usage is changing, that
doesn't mean that ham radio's usefulness in times of emergency is for
naught.

On a side note, I am planning on working on a "senior thesis" in
college (I'm a freshman right now; a few years before I do this) on how
amateur radio plays an important part in emergency communications,
specifically in geologic emergencies such as earthquake main shock and
after shock, volcano eruption, tsunamis, et cetera.  One of my professors
is working with NOAA to develop the "TsunamiReady" program for
coastal towns and cities.  He tells me that every time he reads about a
geologic disaster or emergency, amateur radio keeps popping up all over. :)

In fact, tonight we have severe weather in my area, to include golf-ball
sized hail and lots of tornadic activity to go around.  We're under a
tornado and flood watch right now but I am expecting to be activated in
SKYWARN tonight at some time.  Of course I have to be up at 0500 tomorrow
to go to work...

Later,
Sean

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