Title: 5k Run For The Hills
Location: Bulverde Senior Citizens Center
Description: 5k Run to benefit the Bulverde Senior Citizens Center. Ham radio support coordinated by Hill County REACT. Contact Gary K5GST – k5gst@live.com
Start Time: 8:00
Date: 2009-04-27
End Time: 11:00
Title: San Antonio Special Olympics Games
Location: Harlendale Stadium
Description: San Antonio Special Olympics Spring Games for Area 20 -Contact Lee N5NTG @ info@sanantoniohams.org for info
Date: 2009-04-27
The original article was emailed to me from WServerNews, dealt with “cloud computing” and the danger of relying soley upon having your data “out there” in the Internet, vulnerable to such disruptions… Something my company, Digital Fortress, also deals with on a daily basis, called “business continuity planning” or “building a Plan B”.
But the article goes on to talk about how some hospitals dealt with their crisis, by calling out the ham radio operators….. ta da! (The link in the quoted extract below, links to an ARRL article that goes into more details about ham radio involvement – Lee)
Realizing that they’d need more two-way radio, authorities dispatched police to wake up the emergency coordinator of the regional ham radio club, and escort him to the community hospital with his equipment. Area hams dispatched ambulances and doctors, arranged for essential supplies, and relayed emergency communications out of the area to those with working telephones.
Here is the article, with a link at the bottom to the full story. Read and follow the link if you are interested in it…
Maryanne N5MYN gave me some of the photos she took, lots of scenery photos, a couple of rainbows caught by her camera, and misc rainy or not so rainy photos. Enjoy…
Today, folks using Google.com search engine were treated to a screen that used CW to spell Google. Google is known for changing out their name to fit the season, but why CW at the end of April instead of during Field Day weekend?
When you moved your mouse over the CW portion of the screen (not the screen shot below), it says “Samuel Morse’s Birthday” Wow, who knew that? Here is what the screen looks like today…
Google Screen on 04/27/2009 in CW
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