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ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ISS OF THE SEVEN CREW
MEMBERS, TWO ARE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.  NASAS GREG CHAMITOFF, KD5PKZ, IS
THE ISS FLIGHT ENGINEER AND SCIENCE OFFICER ON EXPEDITION 17 AND WILL SPEND
SIX MONTHS LIVING AND WORKING ONBOARD TH
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OF THE ONGOING OPERATIONS IF NECESSARY.  WINDSOR, FORT COLLINS AND LOVELAND
LIE IN THE SHADOW OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, WHERE THE GREAT PLAINS GIVE WAY
TO STEEP HILLS.  ITS VERY UNUSUAL TO SEE A TORNADO LIKE THIS BY A MOUNTAIN
RANGE.  ITS KIND OF A FREAK THING, SAID CAPTAIN STEVE FLEMING OF THE POUDRE
FIRE AUTHORITY.  RYAN SAID THAT AT THE PEAK OF THE ARES OPERATION, COLORADO
ARES DISTRICT 10 HAD 55 OPERATORS SUPPORTING EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RELIEF
EFFORTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN NEAR WINDSOR.
FLOODING IN THE MIDWEST WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STARTED TO THREATEN THE
MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH TORNADOES, HAIL, SEVERE LIGHTNING AND RAIN
STARTING ON JUNE 4, STATE AGENCIES WERE QUICK TO CALL ON AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS FOR ASSISTANCE.  THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IDHS
ACTIVATED ARES MEMBERS TO HELP OUT WITH COMMUNICATION EFFORTS, PROVIDING
RADIOS FOR THOSE AMATEURS WHO OFFERED TO HELP.  ARRL INDIANA SECTION
EMERGENCY COORDINATOR TONY LANGER, W9AL, SAID HAMS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN
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COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, THE LARIMER COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
CENTER, THE CITY OF LOVELAND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, THE LOVELAND
MOBILE COMMAND POST AND TWO RED CROSS SHELTERS.  ON THE DAY AFTER THE
STORM, THE TOWN WAS STILL WITHOUT POWER AND REMAINED SO UNTIL LOCAL
UTILITIES COMPLETED A SURVEY OF ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES IN THE
AFFECTED AREA.  THIS TOOK A COUPLE OF DAYS, RYAN SAID.  A MANDATORY
EVACUATION FOR SECTIONS OF WINDSOR WAS IN EFFECT DUE TO GAS LEAKS AND
DOWNED POWER LINES.  THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS ON DUTY AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ESCORTING EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN AND OUT OF THE AREA.  COLORADO GOVERNOR
BILL RITTER ORDERED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO AID RESCUE AND CLEANUP EFFORTS.
HE VISITED THE TOWN THURSDAY EVENING, SAYING THE NUMBER OF HOMES DAMAGED
WAS SIGNIFICANT AND DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR WELD COUNTY.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM FEMA WERE ON THE SCENE CONDUCTING DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS.
ONE DAY AFTER THE STORM, MARKHAM PLACED AN ADDITIONAL 15 AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS IN LARIMER AND WELD COUNTY ON STANDBY IN ANTICIPATION OF AN
OVERNIGHT SHIFT HE ALSO REQUESTED ADJACENT DISTRICTS TO PREPARE IN SUPPORT
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