BA> MS>BA> I'm one of the folks that was in the area where Hurricane Fran 
BA> hit.
BA> MS>BA> The
BA> MS>BA> eye came ashore about 25 miles from where I sit.
BA> MS>BA> I normally make a pilgramage up to my sister's house up north 
BA> of
BA> MS>BA> Greensboro, NC, when a hurricane heads my way
BA> 
BA> MS>    Situation here in Burlington and report from friend in 
BA> Greensboro 
BA> says y
BA> MS>might have been no better off in Greensboro, where power was out 
BA> 2+ days
BA> for
BA> MS>most, most traffic lights out Friday, many downed trees.
BA> 
BA> Yeah, it's true.  Things are worse there than here.  But I think New
BA> Hanover and Pender Counties are the worst off of all.  I have to keep
BA> monitoring the police and ham channels just to find out which roads 
BA> are
BA> still passable (a week later) because of the flooding.  All the water
BA> that got dumped in the Cape Fear River in Fayetteville and places
BA> upstream is starting to arrive down here now.
BA> In the last week or so, the scanner has been my main source of
BA> information of how to get around in the local area and what 
BA> conditions
BA> to expect, far more so than any broadcast radio or television.  It 
BA> has
BA> become not a luxury or hobby, but a necessity under the conditions 
BA> here.
    Any news coverage of CB or ham service rendered during the flood there?
    During the blizzards this winter here, the local TV news ran stuff on how 
a Greensboro ham club worked to get weather information from a variety of 
locations to the weather bureau.
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