ARES Emergency Net Established After Missouri Dam Break:

ARES Emergency Net Established After Missouri Dam Break:

"ARES Emergency Net Established After Missouri Dam Break:
from The ARRL Letter, Vol 24, No 49
Website: http://www.arrl.org/ on December 17, 2005

ARES Emergency Net Established After Missouri Dam Break:
When millions of gallons of water breached the wall of a mountaintop hydroelectric reservoir in rural Reynolds County, Missouri, December 14, an ARES emergency net was quickly established on the Van Buren repeater. The deluge washed down the mountainside, sweeping away homes and vehicles and flooding the valley below.

A dwelling occupied by a park superintendent, his wife and three children was among those washed away. The family was found a half-mile away, and the children all were hospitalized, at least one of them in serious condition. The town of Lesterville was under a voluntary evacuation order. "



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Bob AD5VJ

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