N5NTG | 
05 21st, 2009| 
We’ve set up a new Twitter Account for user “tourdecuresa” to be used for the 2009 Central Texas bike tour. This event is May 30-31, just a week away. The organizing committee is concerned about being able to quickly spread the word, should something “strange” happen, like has happened to the last two MS150 events in Texas. (Severe weather forcing closure of course, or other emergency requiring evac of riders). Obviously we’ll be depending upon Ham Radio as the backbone of our response system, but using Twitter allows us to contact non-hams quickly with updates.
We’ll be using this Twitter account to keep our followers informed of only Tour de Cure event news, no personal comments, etc. You can sign up to follow this user if you already have a Twitter account, or create a new account for yourself and then sign up to follow.
