NOAA & USAF Reserve hurricane team to embark on East Coast Awareness Tour

Public and media invited to tour hurricane hunter aircraft

April 20, 2015

As part of its efforts to build a Weather-Ready Nation, NOAA’s hurricane experts will tour six Atlantic coastal cities to raise awareness about the importance for preparing for the upcoming hurricane season. Experts will visit cities in the United States and Canada aboard a U.S. Air Force Reserve WC-130J hurricane hunter aircraft and the NOAA G-IV aircraft, both of which are used in hurricane forecasting.

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Story contributed by Andy Elwell – K4AMF
The NOAA G-IV aircraft, used to sample the atmosphere surrounding a tropical cyclone. (Photo credit – NOAA)

 

2015 Florida Statewide Hurricane Exercise

Exercise Schedule: TENTATIVE – May 19, 2015 09:00AM – 12:00PM

Exercise Objectives:

The following objectives focus on evaluating emergency response procedures, identifying areas for improvement, and achieving a collaborative attitude. This exercise will focus on the following two objectives:

  • Communications–Assess the ability to establish and maintain multi-disciplinary communications networks during a response to a Hurricane incident.
  • Hurricane Preparedness–Determine the capability and adequacy of plans for responding to a potential Category 3 Hurricane landfall . This includes issues of preparedness, resource management, and information control.

Click here for the full details:  Player Handout FL Statewide Hurricane EX 2015

Check back for more details as the envolvement of Clay County ARES in this Exercise.

KB4SA Visits Cub Scout Pack 128

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ClayARES Training AEC Joe Bassett (W1WCN) visited Cub Scout Pack 128 to share the fun of amateur radio. Twenty Cubs and Webelos learned about propagation, phonetics and prowords. By all accounts everyone had a good time with plenty of questions answered and 5 states (Michigan, Texas, Indiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma) contacted.

If you know of a Scout unit that would enjoy a visit, please let us know.

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Florida Striders – Run To The Sun 8k

RTTS_2015A special thanks to those who helped out with the Florida Strider’s Run To The Sun 8k event on this past Saturday.  We had 8 of our members out for the event, with two of those actually running in the race!

Don Munson
Eric Sanderson
Yolanda Matthews
Cheri Hunsburger
Jim Schroeder
Joe Bassett
Scott Roberts
Michael Hendershot

Click PLAY below to hear comments by KC4JES, Joe Strickland, Race Director for the Run To The Sun Event.

Click the map below to see the course map2014 RTTS 8K Race Course - 8 CCSO & 17 Course Marshal Positions

NFBC: 24th Annual Tour De Forts – 04/26/2015

NFBC: 24th Annual Tour de Forts Classic

When: Sunday, Apr 26, 2015
Time: 7AM – 4PM

Where:
Bartram Trail High School
7399 Longleaf Pine Parkway
St. Johns, FL  32259

It is time for the Tour De Forts again.  We are looking for volunteers to support this event.  We are requested to have volunteers ride in the SAG vehicles and cover rest stops.

If you are interested please let Michael Hendershot know via email mike.k4mikh ‘at’ gmail.com or use the online form.

Follow this link to Tour De Forts Registration Page