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TO THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY.  BACK TO THE E MAILS AND PHONES FOR ME.  I GOT A
GENERAL COMMITMENT FROM PAT LANE, K5QOP, AND A POSSIBLE FOR SATURDAY FROM
STEVE, AA5V.  THE SURGE HEADS FOR TULSA ONE OF THE MOST DAMAGING FEATURES
OF A HURRICANE IS THE STORM SURGE, A WALL OF WATER THAT THE STORM PUSHES UP
IN FRONT OF ITSELF.  SOMETIMES THE STORM SURGE CAN PUSH ASHORE AND AFFECT
AREAS THAT NEVER SEE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS.  HURRICANE KATRINA DID
SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.  SHE CREATED A HUMAN STORM SURGE THAT REACHED
OKLAHOMA ON THE NIGHT OF SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3.  HAMS FROM TULSA AND
SURROUNDING AREAS, AND EVEN FURTHER AWAY, RESPONDED TO THIS SURGE.  THE
FIRST WORD I RECEIVED OF THIS SURGE CAME THROUGH ANOTHER CALL FROM MARK
CONKLIN, N7XYO, ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.  THE RED CROSS INDICATED THE
POSSIBILITY OF A MASS CARE SHELTER SOMEWHERE WITHIN 100 MILES OF TULSA, AND
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