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PUBLIC SERVICE TULSA HAMS RESPOND TO HURRICANE KATRINA AND HUMAN STORM
SURGE THE TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES THAT CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE,
DESTRUCTION, CHAOS AND HAVOC START OUT AS RIPPLES IN THE TRADE WINDS
BLOWING OFF THE SUB SAHARAN REGIONS OF AFRICA AND OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
SUCH A DISTANT EVENT, LIKE ONE OF THOSE RIPPLES, CAN EVENTUALLY HAVE AN
EFFECT CLOSER BY.  ONE RIPPLE BECAME HURRICANE KATRINA, WHICH HIT THE GULF
COAST ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2005.  THE TULSA OKLAHOMA RED CROSS HAS A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TULSA REPEATER ORGANIZATION TRO, A PUBLIC SERVICE
ORIENTED HAM RADIO CLUB.  AS THE ACTIVITIES CHAIR OF THE TRO, I HAD BEEN
WORKING TO ASSEMBLE A TEAM OF HAMS TO STAFF THE RED CROSS COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER THAT WAS GEARING UP FOR HURRICANE RELIEF SUPPORT FOR THE GULF COAST.
THE NEED FOR SUPPORT CAME QUICKLY AS THE RED CROSS CALLED TEAM MEMBER AND
LONG TIME RED CROSS VOLUNTEER PAUL PAPKE, WB5MPU, WHO ALSO ASKED BEN
JOPLIN, WB5VST, TO ASSIST IN LETTING EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IN LOUISIANA KNOW
TO RESCUE A GROUP OF 15 PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN STRANDED ON THE ROOF OF A
HOUSE IN NEW ORLEANS.  DETAILS OF THIS STORY ARE RECOUNTED IN THE NOVEMBER
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2005 ISSUE OF QST, PP 47 48.  LOCAL RESPONSE CONTINUES I WAS UNAWARE OF
WHAT PAUL AND BEN HAD DONE UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.  MARK CONKLIN, N7XYO,
CALLED ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT BEN AND THAT BEN WAS HEADED BACK TO THE RED
CROSS THAT MORNING FOR A SECOND DAY OF TRAFFIC HANDLING ON THE SATERN NET
ON 14R265 MHZ.  THE RED CROSS REQUESTED THAT HF OPERATIONS CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.  THAT DAY I WENT THROUGH MY ADDRESS BOOK AND THE TRO
CLUB ROSTER, AND SENT A MASS E MAIL TO EVERY HF OPERATOR I HAD A LISTING
FOR.  OF COURSE, THE NEED FOR HF OPERATORS CAME UP DURING THE TUESDAY
EVENING TULSA AREA ARES/RACES NET.  STEVE MILLER, AA5V, ALSO PUT AN
ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE 146R940 TRO REPEATERS DVR.  MARK, N7XYO, DID THE SAME
THING ON THE CLUBS 146R880 MHZ REPEATER.  HARRY MUELLER, KC5TRB LOU
HINSHAW, WB0NRU, AND PAUL KING, N5XJW, AGREED TO COVER WEDNESDAY.  BY THE
END OF WEDNESDAY, I HAD EVERYTHING COVERED THROUGH FRIDAY.  MARK CALLED ME
AGAIN ON THURSDAY.  THE RED CROSS ALREADY HAD DECIDED TO EXTEND OPERATIONS
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CAMP GRUBER BECAME SHELTER ONE.  THINGS ALSO GOT BIGGER.  MARK, N7XYO, WENT
TO GRUBER ON SUNDAY AS THE ARRL OKLAHOMA SECTION PUBLIC INFORMATION
COORDINATOR, TO GET SOME DOCUMENTATION OF WHAT HAMS HAD DONE AND WERE
DOING.  THE VARIOUS AGENCIES OPERATING A
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