FEMA DIRECTOR CALLS AMATEUR RADIO THE LAST LINE OF DEFENCE
Posted on September 29, 2012 by va7mpg
The website below will take you to the New York City ARES website where the comments of the FEMA director are documented. The comments are interesting and positive for amateur radio. http://nyc-arecs.org/last_line.html
6.0 Mwp – SOLOMON ISLANDS
Preliminary Earthquake ReportMagnitude6.0 Mwp
Date-Time27 Sep 2012 23:53:49 UTC
28 Sep 2012 10:53:49 near epicenter
27 Sep 2012 15:53:49 standard time in your timezone
Welcome to the Radio Amateurs of/du Canada Annual General Meeting – Montreal on September 22, 2012.
Please pre-register before Saturday, 12:00 (noon) EDT using the link provided. A confirmation of your attendance and conference link will be provided by email. Sorry we cannot accept late registrations.
Please direct any questions to President Bawden in advance by 12:00 (noon) Saturday, September 22nd via vo1prb@rac.ca. We will not be able to take questions live via audio during the webinar due to bandwidth issues.
Audio will be via PC speakers or headset (preferred). We will be starting about twenty minutes before the AGM to allow for technical issues. Please note you will need to install a conference client software in advance as well.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Paul Burggraaf VO1PRB
Chief Information and Technology Officer
The Central Okanagan Emergency Operation Centre reminds that with the lifting of the final Evacuation Order at 5:00 pm this afternoon, the residents returning to their home will be on Evacuation Alert and should be prepared to leave their homes with little or short notice. Continue reading Trepanier Forest Fire – News Release 17→
The Central Okanagan Emergency Operation Centre advises that there will be no further anticipated changes in the Evacuation Order and Alert areas until mid-morning tomorrow at the earliest.
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