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  Re: Re: Status of HAM radio i
  By: Mike Powell to NIGEL REED on Wed Nov 08 2023 10:26:00

 > Back in early 1994, we had a big snow storm here where it snowed around 2'
 > and then the temperatures dropped below zero for several days.  The local
 > authorities enlisted the assistance of the local HAMs because phone lines
 > were failing and travel was limited.

That couldn't have been any fun. Very rare that we get that much snow around
here. We had that big ice storm the year they had the Superbowl in Arlington,
pretty much shut everything down. People in the Dallas area don't know how to
drive properly in rain, let alone snow and ice, plus we don't have the
infrastructure to properly cope with it. Just not used to that weather.

I do have a generator now, but that's not likely to keep the internet going
since it's no longer over copper, so getting some sort of ham based text
communication might be on my todo list eventually.
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