Hi Jim,
One of the "prime directives" of the ARECC Courses is that you and your
family and their safety come first before others. That group was
violating basic common sense and emergency recommendations that have
been developed over a long time. You don't want someone distracted with
personal
Jim,
That yourself, family and property are supposed to come first, even in ARES.
It is common sense that a volunteer operator is not going to be focused on
their activity if they are worrying about all the other issues.
Rud Merriam K5RUD
ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX
http://TheHamNetwork.ne
Guys,
You both have valid views. Isn't it more that one is mostly discussing
smaller types of disasters, the ones that are the most common, and the
other is discussing much larger scale incidents that rarely happen (but
they do happen and we may wish to consider preparing for them as best we
c
jgorman01 wrote:
> Hate to tell you but some of us cranky, bitter, and rude (old) men
> have simply been there and done that.
I certainly saw and worked with some generous & kind old man hams in my
efforts. (Shared a shelter operation with an 80 year old!!) But did not
see hardly any of the sam
