ARRLWeb: Amateur Radio on the Job as Wilma Hits Florida

ARRLWeb: Amateur Radio on the Job as Wilma Hits Florida

"Amateur Radio on the Job as Wilma Hits Florida

NEWINGTON, CT, Oct 24, 2005--

Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) groups have activated in Florida to support necessary communication for the Hurricane Wilma emergency. The Category 2 storm made landfall on the southwestern Florida coastline early today and now is centered over the southern Florida peninsula.

A hurricane warning remains in effect for the Florida Keys and along sections of the eastern and western coastlines, with tropical storm warning further north.

The projected path of Hurricane Wilma as of 0900 UTC October 24 (click link for updated and expanded graphics). [NOAA Graphic]

'All Southern Florida ARES groups are deploying to their respective shelters, Red Cross chapter houses and EOCs,' said ARRL Southern Florida Section Emergency Coordinator Jeff Beals, WA4AW. 'The Southern Florida ARES Net is in operation on 7.242 MHz and 3.940 MHz.' Beals will be stationed at a hospital in Loxahatchee for the storm's duration. "

73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

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