Mike Corey, KI1U has announced he will leave his post next week. For more information go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-emergency-preparedness-manager-to-step-down

The Winter Spring School Roundup will be held from Feb 11 to the 15th 2019. To find out what this is all about go to

http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup

Environment Canada has issued multiple weather warnings for both the coast and the interior of BC. As always monitor local media. To see the warnings go to

https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=bc

The Surrey Amateur Radio Club has issued their newsletter, the 2019 February edition, Over 50 pages of interesting articles. Have a look at

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vnCui4-NR37utFqGHb8A8V2fVVIoiDcs/view

Did you know that the term  HERTZ measures frequency.  It was named after Heinrich HERTZ  1857-1894

Just a little trivia

The US National Weather Service reports it will no longer provide High Sea and Storm Warning information on WWV WWVH. To see their reasoning go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/national-weather-service-dropping-high-seas-and-storm-warnings-on-wwv-wwvh

The Radio Amateurs of Canada inducted VE3NCE into the Hall of Fame Jan 29 2019. To learn more go to

https://wp.rac.ca/neil-carleton-inducted-into-canadian-amateur-radio-hall-of-fame/

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has an interesting article on ham radio. To see this article go to

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/amateur-radio-1.4968865

Researchers are watching as the magnetic north poles moves around at increased speed. To learn more go to

Are you have trouble with your emergency preparedness ? In view of the storms that have hit the BC Coast so far this 2018-2019 winter it may be helpful to review these two items

https://www.nanaimo.ca/city-services/emergency-services/emergency-management/personal-preparedness

https://www.nanaimo.ca/docs/default-document-library/miecm-emergency-preparedness-workbook—2017.pdf