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When All Else Fails …

Although Thanksgiving has come and gone, and we all have expressed our "thanks" for various reasons: families, good health, friendly neighbors, and meaningful jobs; there is one community group of emergency preparedness volunteers that I'm thankful for - amateur radio operators who volunteer to establish an effective communications network when [...]

By | November 28th, 2015|0 Comments

Great ShakeOut Drill – Oct. 15, 2015

How many Petalumans know that "Great ShakeOut Drills" have been held annually since 2008 in California? Participating is a great way for your family or organization to be prepared to survive and recover from quickly. Locally, the Petaluma CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) program that was initiated in Petaluma, in [...]

By | October 6th, 2015|0 Comments

How Does Sonoma County Communicate?

On September 1st., the beginning of National Emergency Preparedness Month, the Sonoma County Radio Amateurs sponsored a panel presentation and discussion devoted to how Sonoma County will be able to communicate when a major disaster (like an earthquake) occurs and most normal communication systems are inoperable. The following amateur radio [...]

By | September 5th, 2015|0 Comments

Additional Emergency and Preparedness Resources Online

For those readers who have been following this latest series of Emergency & Disaster Readiness blogs and are interested in learning more about being "Prepared and Ready" for a major natural disaster; listed below are online links to organizations at the national, state, county, and municipal levels with pertinent information. [...]

By | August 27th, 2015|1 Comment

Are You and Your Neighbors Ready?

Since September 7, 2006, I have posted 117 blogs devoted to Emergency Preparedness. An additional 15 blogs, using different categories, were posted prior to that date. As I reviewed these earlier blogs, I discovered that I wouldn't have to compose new ones in order to deliver the primary message of [...]

By | August 7th, 2015|0 Comments

Petaluma ALERT – Alliance of Local Emergency Radio Teams

Today's blog is a copy of the May newsletter for Petaluma ALERT - Alliance of Local Emergency Radio Teams.  Since I am a FCC licensed amateur radio operator, KI6GOO, I have been promoting the use of amateur radios as a means of communication during a major disaster. Petaluma ALERT - [...]

By | May 23rd, 2015|0 Comments

Emergency Communications – At The Neighborhood Level

My twilight moment on May 1st, once again, dealt with emergency communications, when all normal sources of power (especially electricity) fail due to a local emergency or disaster. Most government EOCs (Emergency Operation Centers) and non-profit groups who maintain emergency networks (Red Cross, Salvation Army, and Amateur Radio Emergency Services [...]

By | May 2nd, 2015|0 Comments

S.F. Earthquake – 109 Years Ago

In Santa Rosa, April 18th, at 5:13 a.m., 109 years ago, just about every business in the downtown area was in ruins and most of the homes were severely damaged. This quake is known worldwide as the S.F. 1906 Earthquake; however, most of its damage in S.F. was due to [...]

By | April 18th, 2015|0 Comments

Calling All Ham Radio Operators – 2015

Several years ago, volunteer neighborhood emergency response teams in Petaluma promoted the use of amateur radio operators (Hams) as communicators when most normal communication tools might be inoperable due to a major disaster and the loss of power. One of my earlier blogs, "Calling All Hams," was posted on January [...]

By | January 30th, 2015|0 Comments

How Many Senior Citizens Are Amateur Radio Operators?

For some reason I can't keep  Emergency Preparedness concerns out of my mind; especially the role that Hams or FCC licensed Amateur Radio Operators might play in the event of a major earthquake disaster. That question caused me to wake up at midnight this morning was, "How many Hams in Petaluma [...]

By | October 22nd, 2014|0 Comments