Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness

Posted on December 30th, 2008

Kansas City news station KMBC9 reporter Brenda Washington interviews Chet Hallberg about the role amateur radio plays in emergency communications. Specifically, they focus on communications after a large earthquake on the New Madrid fault. In the second part, Chet shows off one of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief vehicles. He goes on to explain the different kinds of equipment in the vehicle and how it has been used recently with the flooding in Arkansas. There is also a mention (plug!) for SkyWarn in the Kansas City area and amateur radio uses with the National Weather Service in times of severe weather. Capture & encode by Bill Kellogg, WD0DXK

Tags: amateur, American, Chet, City, Cross, disaster, Hallberg, ham, K0TCB, Kansas, radio, readiness, Red, WD0DXK
Filed under Amateur Ham Radio | 6 Comments »

Hurricane Ike Retrospective: Damage and Aftermath

Posted on October 3rd, 2008

On September 12, 2008, Houston/Galveston and the Texas Gulf Coast were hit with catastrophic force by a Category 2 storm, Hurricane Ike. We created this slide show with the hope that it would inspire viewers to donate to disaster relief efforts in the Texas Gulf Coast area.

Please comment and rate. Thanks!

www.redcross.org / 1-800-733-2767

Tags: aftermath, Beach, Bolivar, Cross, Crystal, DAMAGE, Galveston, Houston, HURRICANE, ike, landfall, proshow, Red, retrospective, storm, Surfside
Filed under Emergency Preparedness | 3 Comments »