Ramblings

Well, I finally broke down and did the stupidest thing ever!  I started a BLOG? Will anyone ever read this stuff? Who knows, but every now and then, I do come up with some idea's that even surprise me.  I am currently in the process of planning a meeting in February for our District ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services) group.  I am the District 1 Emergency Coordinator, which covers 6 counties in west Tennessee.  (Shelby, Haywood, Crockett, Lauderdale, Tipton, and Fayette) "What does that even mean", you ask?  Well I coordinate ham radio operators, who volunteer to provide communications support in the event of an emergency.  It's mostly about keeping up with a list of people who can drag out their equipment and get on the air, to provide communications, when nothing else is working.  Lets say for example a major earthquake, or an ice storm, where power, phone, and internet service are out of order.  If your family was trying to find out if you were alive, we would be the ones, relaying that information out to someone who had phone or internet capabilities, so that we could contact your family members, and tell them you were ok.

What else?  Well, stay tuned.  I have more.