Wednesday 11 July 2012

Re: Fwd: [pr:12237] 2012 Hurricane Season Webinar

You want me to use peer review journal articles from trusted credible
sources. Where the heck is the fun in that? LMAOVVH

On 07/11/2012 06:31 AM, Orion Thrower wrote:
> Well gosh darn it. I guess I am "wrong". Notice that the storms
> weakend and were not considered Hurricanes by the time they hit
> Arizona. If we are going to say that Arizona gets hit by Hurricanes but
> by them being just a reminante of the storm, then technically we get hit
> by a hurricane every year. Remember a butterfly flaps its wings in
> Brazil.....and Arizona gets rain. Chaos Theory in action.
> Reading further, the damage that we get is 4 inches of rain, flash
> flooding, and some strong winds. Gee....isn't that typical of our
> Monsoons? Just like last night....AJ got hit hard with a nice storm
> that lasted about 30 min.
> No, Hurricanes are much worse than our hurricanes and technically by the
> time they hit Arizona, the Hurricane watch is over and now it becomes
> thunderstorm watches and warnings along with flash flooding. Plus the
> Hurricane center doesn't really track these. I have been in two
> hurricanes and one typhoon, and trust me....the reminates we get are NOT
> hurricanes in the sense that a hurricane is a long durration of
> sustained winds greater than 74 MPH....but some of these did spawn
> Microbursts which did reach over 74 MPH....so I will give you
> that....for a short period of time. But to be fair....all these have
> been downgraded to less than a hurricane prior to entering into Arizona.
> LOL. Although I wouldn't trust Wikipedia, since anyone can create these
> and can edit these. Even the title is a tad bit wrong.
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 6:09 AM, Vinnie Chapman <n1lqj@cox.net
> <mailto:n1lqj@cox.net>> wrote:
>
> Arizona can get hurricanes. If the hurricane comes up through Rocky
> Point and the Coloraro, it will hit Arizona. Here is a list of
> tropical storms and hurricanes to make land fall in Mexico and
> travel into Arizona
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/__List_of_Arizona_hurricanes
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arizona_hurricanes>
>
>
> On 07/11/2012 05:28 AM, Orion Thrower wrote:
>
> I would strongly suggest that anyone interested in the Emergency
> Communications side of Ham Radio participate in this webinar.
> Arizona
> doesn't get Hurricanes (well not yet....when California falls
> off into
> the Pacific Ocean we might....LOL) but these are the types of
> nets that
> any Ham can participate regardless of where you are located. Reason
> being is, they might need someone with power and access to phones to
> relay info. Same with the Mobile Maritime net on 14.300 MHz.
> It's also
> a good net to listen to, just to get a sense of how a formal net
> works,
> and what is actually going on.
>
> The ARRL will host a *webinar
> <https://www3.gotomeeting.com/__register/249211478
> <https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/249211478>>* from 8-9:30
> PM EDT
>
> Tuesday, July 17 (0000-0130 UTC Wednesday, July 18) to present
> information about the 2012 hurricane season and the Amateur Radio
> response. The program will offer presentations from
> representatives from
> the National Hurricane Center (*NHC* <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/>) and
> *WX4NHC* <http://www.wx4nhc.org/> (the Amateur Radio station at the
> NHC), the *VoIP Hurricane Net* <http://www.voipwx.net/>, the
> Hurricane
> Watch Net (*HWN* <http://www.hwn.org/>) and the ARRL. Webinar
>
> registration is open to all, but this informative web session
> will be of
> particular interest to those amateurs in hurricane-prone areas.
> If you
> are interested in emergency communications and hurricane
> preparedness
> and response, you are invited to attend this online
> presentation.____
>
> The following items will be included in the webinar:____
>
> * Opening remarks and introduction of presenters.____
> * */Meteorological Overview of the Upcoming Season/*,
> presented by
>
> VoIP Hurricane Net Director of Operations and ARRL Eastern
> Massachusetts Section Emergency Coordinator Rob Macedo,
> KD1CY.____
> * */Amateur Radio WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center:
> Who We Are
> and What We Do/* and */How to Contact WX4NHC and Submit Surface
> Reports During a Hurricane/*, presented by WX4NHC Assistant
> Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R____
> * */WX4NHC Weather Initiatives: APRS, ON-NHC, CARMEN and CWOP
> Programs
> and Equipment/*, presented by WX4NHC Coordinator John
> McHugh, K4AG____
> * */ARRL Coordination and Interface/*, presented by ARRL
> Emergency
> Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U____
> * */VoIP Hurricane Net/*, presented by Rob Macedo, KD1CY____
> * */Hurricane Watch Net/*, presented by Hurricane Watch Net
> Assistant
> Net Manager Tom Gerard, KB3ONZ____
> * Q&A Session and Closing Remarks____
>
>
> To register for this webinar, please click
> https://www3.gotomeeting.com/__register/472855454____
> <https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/472855454____>
>
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> KE7VLC Amateur Extra Class
> Orion Thrower
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> Regards,
>
> Vinnie Chapman,
> N1LQJ
>
> Sent from my Ubuntu Desktop
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> Where am I going? And why am I in a handbasket?
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> KE7VLC Amateur Extra Class
> Orion Thrower
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Regards,

Vinnie Chapman,
N1LQJ

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