Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-25 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Andrew Kirch trel...@trelane.net Lets argue this one on IRC... where I'm a channel admin in #hamradio, and have to keep these two separated most of the time. Me and Owen? I'm almost never on that channel... :-) Cheers, -- jra

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-25 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 25, 2011, at 6:25 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote: - Original Message - From: Andrew Kirch trel...@trelane.net Lets argue this one on IRC... where I'm a channel admin in #hamradio, and have to keep these two separated most of the time. Me and Owen? I'm almost never on that

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread mikea
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:08:39AM -0800, JC Dill wrote: On 22/02/11 10:38 PM, Joe Hamelin wrote: The other CERT: Community Emergency Response Team. https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/about.shtm +1 for CERT. I also think that taking a CERT class is a great way to re-evaluate your own

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Franck Martin
. - Original Message - From: mikea mi...@mikea.ath.cx To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, 24 February, 2011 9:39:09 AM Subject: Re: Christchurch New Zealand On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:08:39AM -0800, JC Dill wrote: On 22/02/11 10:38 PM, Joe Hamelin wrote: The other CERT: Community Emergency

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: mikea mi...@mikea.ath.cx I diffidently suggest that amateur radio licensing, together with some battery-operated gear (think 2-meter or 70-cm handy-talkies at a minimum for short-haul comms, HF gear for longer-haul) may be Very Good Indeed in a disaster

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Andrew Kirch
are registered/enabled. - Original Message - From: mikea mi...@mikea.ath.cx To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, 24 February, 2011 9:39:09 AM Subject: Re: Christchurch New Zealand On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:08:39AM -0800, JC Dill wrote: On 22/02/11 10:38 PM, Joe Hamelin wrote: The other

RE: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Nathan Eisenberg
The problem with this is that both ARES and RACES hams have gotten there first (orange lights and strobes flashing) and are now engaged in small-arms fire over who gets to set their repeater up. You're now hiding under your vehicle. What is your next move? Larger-arms fire?

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Jima
On 02/24/2011 11:33 AM, Andrew Kirch wrote: The problem with this is that both ARES and RACES hams have gotten there first (orange lights and strobes flashing) and are now engaged in small-arms fire over who gets to set their repeater up. You're now hiding under your vehicle. What is your

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Jeremy Neal
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:26:43 -0500 (EST) From: Jay Ashworth j...@baylink.com Subject: Re: Christchurch New Zealand To: NANOG nanog@nanog.org snip The *real* problem is getting petty politics out of local ARES/RACES orgs. Cheers, -- jra Here's my $0.02 on the subject of hams for em

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Bryan Fields
On 2/24/2011 13:01, Jima wrote: Wait for a winner to prevail. Whoever comes out on top is clearly more prepared to deal with emergencies. http://www.hamsexy.com -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice 727-214-2508 - Fax http://bryanfields.net

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Mike Lyon
Sent: Thursday, 24 February, 2011 9:39:09 AM Subject: Re: Christchurch New Zealand On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:08:39AM -0800, JC Dill wrote: On 22/02/11 10:38 PM, Joe Hamelin wrote: The other CERT: Community Emergency Response Team. https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/about.shtm +1

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Owen DeLong
To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, 24 February, 2011 9:39:09 AM Subject: Re: Christchurch New Zealand On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:08:39AM -0800, JC Dill wrote: On 22/02/11 10:38 PM, Joe Hamelin wrote: The other CERT: Community Emergency Response Team. https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Mark Foster
I'm glad someone said something nice about Radio Hams on this thread (which started as being about Christchurch!) or i'd have risked polluting Christchurch's good rep with all this noise about whackers! FWIW AREC (NZ's ARES equivalent) are active in Christchurch, mainly on VHF, though there's

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Owen DeLong o...@delong.com FWIW, in my experience, when ARES and RACES both arrive on a scene together, they rarely get into small arms fire over any thing, rather, preferring to work together to help each other set up both repeaters and to coordinate

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-23 Thread JC Dill
On 22/02/11 10:38 PM, Joe Hamelin wrote: The other CERT: Community Emergency Response Team. https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/about.shtm +1 for CERT. I also think that taking a CERT class is a great way to re-evaluate your own network emergency procedures. You may find new ways to

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-22 Thread Joe Hamelin
The other CERT: Community Emergency Response Team. Kind of off-topic for NANOG but I know that most of us are concerned with disaster recovery. This is the first local line. For US folks, there should be a CERT for you city or county, if not ask why. For Canadians, check with PEP. The CERT

Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Marshall Eubanks
There has been a bad Earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand with reports of fatalities. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150099324847752set=a.125583977751.103665.119452527751theater Telecom New Zealand reports Heavy damage to their Christchurch building, but no deaths

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 2/21/2011 10:04 PM, Marshall Eubanks wrote: There has been a bad Earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand with reports of fatalities. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150099324847752set=a.125583977751.103665.119452527751theater Telecom New Zealand reports Heavy damage

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Daniel Richards
operating, but most of the member sites in Christchurch are down: http://karen.net.nz/news-earthquake-network-update/ News is reporting deaths now, sadly. On 22/02/11 16:04, Marshall Eubanks wrote: There has been a bad Earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand with reports of fatalities. http

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Mark Foster
New Zealand with reports of fatalities. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150099324847752set=a.125583977751.103665.119452527751theater Telecom New Zealand reports Heavy damage to their Christchurch building, but no deaths there. Is there any report of issues with the undersea cables

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Marshall Eubanks
: http://karen.net.nz/news-earthquake-network-update/ News is reporting deaths now, sadly. On 22/02/11 16:04, Marshall Eubanks wrote: There has been a bad Earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand with reports of fatalities. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150099324847752set

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Marshall Eubanks
://karen.net.nz/news-earthquake-network-update/ News is reporting deaths now, sadly. On 22/02/11 16:04, Marshall Eubanks wrote: There has been a bad Earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand with reports of fatalities. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150099324847752set

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread b nickell
in the south island is still operating, but most of the member sites in Christchurch are down: http://karen.net.nz/news-earthquake-network-update/ News is reporting deaths now, sadly. On 22/02/11 16:04, Marshall Eubanks wrote: There has been a bad Earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand with reports

RE: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread George Bonser
From: Marshall Eubanks Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 9:29 PM To: Mark Foster Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Christchurch New Zealand Here is an animated seismic map http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/today Marshall According to one article I read this evening, liquefaction