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MANY WAYS, INCLUDING ASSISTING IN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS, SAND
BAGGING, HELPING OUT IN SHELTERS AND EVEN AIDING IN RESCUE EFFORTS.  THIS
STORM BROUGHT 12 CONFIRMED TORNADOES TO 11 INDIANA COUNTIES, WITH SOME
COMMUNITIES REPORTING UP TO 11 INCHES OF WATER, LANGER SAID.  FOUR PEOPLE
PERISHED IN THE STORMS.  IN A CALL PUT OUT TO AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ON
JUNE 8, IDHS SAID, THE FLOOD WATERS HAVE IMPACTED SEVERAL COUNTIES HERE IN
INDIANA SEVERELY.  HAM RADIO OPERATORS HAVE BEEN OPERATING CONTINUOUSLY
SINCE ACTIVATED AND ARE GROWING WEARY.  SOME COUNTIES DO NOT HAVE A VAST
AMOUNT OF ACTIVE HAMS TO RELIEVE THESE TIRED OPERATORS.  SPECIFIC AREAS
NEEDING AMATEUR ASSISTANCE WERE OVERNIGHT RELIEF OPERATORS AT THE
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY EOC, AS WELL AS THE EOC AND THREE SHELTERS IN COLUMBUS
COUNTY.  MARION COUNTY INDIANA EMERGENCY COORDINATOR MIKE PALMER, N9FEB,
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