Helene

[Mayfield]

Looks like this one might become interesting. Is it adversely affecting any one here?

Jim

 

[MikeBoyette]

I’m in Plant City Florida. I’m about 4 miles West of Lakeland Linder Airport. We are getting some rain and wind from the outer bands. Please keep Dad and Connie in your thoughts and prayers as they now live in the area it’s headed for. They are about 25 miles East of Cedar Key now. Dad pointed out today when I spoke to him all three of their properties are being affected by this storm. Wimauma, Morriston, and North Carolina mountain home.

 

[Mayfield]

Thanks Mike

 

[GyrOZprey]

I saw Macon GA - was dead center of "red-zone" - the hurricane force winds expected to get well up into GA!

Prayers for Steve M. and ALL in FL in the wide path of destructive winds and water-surge!

 

[okikuma]

Mike,

Good thoughts and prayers for your dad and all that are affected by Helen.

Wayne

 

[okikuma]

The Amateur Radio Hurricane Watch Net activted on Thursday morning, 10:00 AM EDT on both 14.325 MHz and 7.268 MHz.

Activation Plans:
Thursday
• 20 meters: 14.325 MHz (USB) at 10:00 AM EDT (1400 UTC) until we lose propagation at night.
• 40 meters: 7.268 MHz (LSB) at 10:00 AM EDT (1400 UTC). We will remain active on this frequency throughout the day and overnight for as long as propagation allows. If propagation allows us to operate all night, we will suspend operations at 7:30 AM EDT Friday to allow the Waterway Net to conduct their daily Net.

Friday
• 20 meters: we will resume operations on 14.325 MHz at 7:00 AM EDT (1000 UTC).
• 40 meters: we will resume operations on 7.268 MHz at 8:30 AM EDT (1230 UTC).

For those who are not amateur radio operators, one can still listen to the Hurricane Watch Net from their computer, tablet and/or handheld device on the follwoing WebSDR recieviers:

http://na5b.com:8901/

PhantomSDR+ - Modded by magicint1337

websdr.lumpkinschools.com

http://k3fef.com:8901/

http://kb5avy.hopto.org:8901/

Wayne

 

[Kenneth Doucette]

Mike, how did you and your family fare?

 

[MikeBoyette]

We are all good. Very little rain lots of wind. Only lost power in a couple brown outs. The only casualty was old back up CPAP machine I was using because my primary’s power supply got broken. Secondary won’t power up at all now. Dad and Connie are good. No flooding only two small trees down. They were still out of power at 11-12 pm this morning.

 

[Kenneth Doucette]

We are all good. Very little rain lots of wind. Only lost power in a couple brown outs. The only casualty was old back up CPAP machine I was using because my primary’s power supply got broken. Secondary won’t power up at all now. Dad and Connie are good. No flooding only two small trees down. They were still out of power at 11-12 pm this morning.

Glad to hear it Mike.

 

[okikuma]

We are all good. Very little rain lots of wind. Only lost power in a couple brown outs. The only casualty was old back up CPAP machine I was using because my primary’s power supply got broken. Secondary won’t power up at all now. Dad and Connie are good. No flooding only two small trees down. They were still out of power at 11-12 pm this morning.

Mike,

Glad to read that Connie and your dad are fine.

As for the CPAP machine power supply, there's a number of backup power supplies, both battery and AC out there for sale. Also one should plug in their medical device power supply into a dedicated, UL approved, name brand surge protector for added protection.

A program that many are not aware of. Many electrical utility companies across the USA have a program for individuals that require dedicated medical devices (CPAP qualifies). The utility will provide for or pay for critical care battery or generator backup for such medical devices so one can still operate their medical equipment during a power outage. Check it out and sign up.

Wayne

 

[MikeBoyette]

Mike,

Glad to read that Connie and your dad are fine.

As for the CPAP machine power supply, there's a number of backup power supplies, both battery and AC out there for sale. Also one should plug in their medical device power supply into a dedicated, UL approved, name brand surge protector for added protection.

A program that many are not aware of. Many electrical utility companies across the USA have a program for individuals that require dedicated medical devices (CPAP qualifies). The utility will provide for or pay for critical care battery or generator backup for such medical devices so one can still operate their medical equipment during a power outage. Check it out and sign up.

Wayne

Thank you sir. I will ask Teco about that.