ARRLWeb: The ARRL Letter ARES TEAMS IN NORTHEAST BRACE FOR MORE RAIN

ARRLWeb: The ARRL Letter ARES TEAMS IN NORTHEAST BRACE FOR MORE RAIN

"==>ARES TEAMS IN NORTHEAST BRACE FOR MORE RAIN

Some two dozen Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers responded
this week in southwestern New Hampshire, where flooding ravaged communities
in the vicinity of Alstead and Keene and claimed at least three lives. ARRL
New Hampshire Section Emergency Coordinator Dave Colter, WA1ZCN, said ARES
volunteers provided communication support for the American Red Cross and the
state Bureau of Emergency Management as well as for the City of Keene.

'We were able to get communication into places where the state does not have
communications and probably still does not have,' he said Wednesday evening.
In anticipating additional deployment, Colter said, ARES teams planned to
position themselves in advance in areas that might become isolated by
further flooding. They stood down at week's end.

Heavy rainfall in the Northeast over the past week has swollen rivers and
streams in several states, and the resulting flooding badly damaged homes
and highways, while fallen trees took out electrical power in some places.
In all, at least 10 people have died throughout the region.

Northern New Jersey SEC Steve Ostrove, K2SO, reports Passaic County
ARES/RACES was on full alert assisting the Office of Emergency Management in
the wake of severe flooding as the Passaic River overflowed its banks.
Flooding also has been reported in Bergen and Essex counties. Some New
Jersey. residents have been urged to evacuate. Northern New Jersey got up to
six inches of rain in two days on top of a similar deluge the previous
weekend.

Power was reported out in part of Connecticut as a result of the heavy rain,
and the University of Bridgeport was forced to cancel its classes on October
"

73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

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