I was thinking about that... if it really is going to be 6 months before
they can get power back online, I wonder if it wouldn't be a good
opportunity to start putting a lot of solar panels up down there.

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Erich Kaiser <er...@northcentraltower.com>
wrote:

> I always wondered why the Caribbean islands did not use more wind  and/or
> solar power.
>
>
> Erich Kaiser
> North Central Tower
> er...@northcentraltower.com
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> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From what I'm hearing, the major issue is power, or the lack thereof.
>> Existing supplies of fuel for generators, etc. are in extremely short
>> supply. I've been hearing estimates of 6+ months to restore power, and that
>> may be optimistic.
>>
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>>
>> On 9/24/2017 9:07 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
>>
>> I know we are all anxious hoping to hear from Gino.�
>> �
>> I wish I still had an HF rig and a decent antenna.� I am wondering of
>> anyone on here works 20 meters and has heard from folks in PR?
>> �
>> Keep hearing of the lack of communication capability there, but 2 meter
>> and HF is pretty much going to work irrespective of any infrastructure
>> damage.�� Here in Utah, our county emergency center has fully
>> functional HF, VHF and UHF capability.��
>> �
>> Actually most of Utah does as well as many groups of LDS church folk that
>> work with emergency preparedness.�
>> �
>> I have never used it, but I know there are HF methods to convey IP.�
>> Could certainly keep slow speed email going.�
>>
>>
>>
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