From WTOC News Story:
http://www.wtoc.com/Global/story.asp?S=12032839
McIntosh County 911 will be reopening their 911 Center later this year, probably in May. Named the Wiregrass E911 Center, it will provide 911 and dispatch for both McIntosh and Long counties according to this WTOC report. It will also contain an Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Designed to survive storms, the building will have 12 inch thick reinforced walls that should survive 200 mph winds.
Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
25 February 2010
21 February 2010
Jekyll Island
Location: Brunswick, GA
This morning I went over to Jekyll Island and picked up year's pass. The $45 year's pass sure beats the $5 a day toll to get on. I think Jekyll will be a great place to "play radio" from. I drove around and noticed several picnic areas that would make great places to sit and monitor from as well as set up a temporary amateur radio station. The south end picnic area and north end picnic areas look particularly good. It would also be easy to set up with the hamsticks on the car at one of the parking lots on North Beachview Rd.
One idea that immediately came to mind was setting up a station during one of the Islands on the Air events. I could operate with one of the verticals or throw up the G5RV Jr. Sounds fun...
Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
This morning I went over to Jekyll Island and picked up year's pass. The $45 year's pass sure beats the $5 a day toll to get on. I think Jekyll will be a great place to "play radio" from. I drove around and noticed several picnic areas that would make great places to sit and monitor from as well as set up a temporary amateur radio station. The south end picnic area and north end picnic areas look particularly good. It would also be easy to set up with the hamsticks on the car at one of the parking lots on North Beachview Rd.
One idea that immediately came to mind was setting up a station during one of the Islands on the Air events. I could operate with one of the verticals or throw up the G5RV Jr. Sounds fun...
Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
16 February 2010
Military Training in the Savannah Area
WTOC is reporting that there will be military training in the Savannah area over the coming week:
http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11992474
Players for the exercise have been arriving throughout the day. 4 MC-130s using TALON 21, 22, and 23 arrived as did SHADOW 98. C-17s from Charleston AFB, BASCO 70 flight, have been doing drops with the Rangers at Fort Stewart this afternoon; they could be involved in the training WTOC describes as well.
This should make for some interesting stuff to listen to.
Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11992474
Players for the exercise have been arriving throughout the day. 4 MC-130s using TALON 21, 22, and 23 arrived as did SHADOW 98. C-17s from Charleston AFB, BASCO 70 flight, have been doing drops with the Rangers at Fort Stewart this afternoon; they could be involved in the training WTOC describes as well.
This should make for some interesting stuff to listen to.
Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
15 February 2010
Online Feeds - The Radio Hobbyist's Latest Favorite Complaint
The soapbox has been dragged out from underneath the bed...
With the rapid expansion of Scanner Feeds on the internet, it seems that complaining about them being down is now one of the radio hobby's favorite things to complain about; complaints about radio feeds being down are sprinkled all throughout scanning message boards and forums. I don't provide feeds and I don't listen to feeds, but I still don't understand how this many people can complain about something being down that they don't pay for! They constantly complain about a free service; they're not providing the computer, radio, or internet access for the feed provider so how can they complain when it is down?
Enjoy it when the feed is up and be thankful that the provider has volunteered their equipment for it. When the feed is down, listen to your own radio(s).
Well, that's it for my occasional rant. I'm putting the soapbox back under the bed for awhile.
With the rapid expansion of Scanner Feeds on the internet, it seems that complaining about them being down is now one of the radio hobby's favorite things to complain about; complaints about radio feeds being down are sprinkled all throughout scanning message boards and forums. I don't provide feeds and I don't listen to feeds, but I still don't understand how this many people can complain about something being down that they don't pay for! They constantly complain about a free service; they're not providing the computer, radio, or internet access for the feed provider so how can they complain when it is down?
Enjoy it when the feed is up and be thankful that the provider has volunteered their equipment for it. When the feed is down, listen to your own radio(s).
Well, that's it for my occasional rant. I'm putting the soapbox back under the bed for awhile.
President Obama coming to Savannah next month | savannahnow.com
President Obama coming to Savannah next month | savannahnow.com
"ATLANTA - President Obama will be in Savannah to stump for his economic program March 2, the next stop on his White House to Main Street Tour, according to a White House press release."
See the link above for more.
Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
"ATLANTA - President Obama will be in Savannah to stump for his economic program March 2, the next stop on his White House to Main Street Tour, according to a White House press release."
See the link above for more.
Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
12 February 2010
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
317 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010
...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PARTS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...
GAZ116-118-137-138-121700-
/O.UPG.KCHS.WS.A.0001.100212T1700Z-100213T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KCHS.WS.W.0001.100212T1700Z-100213T1100Z/
INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEMBROKE...SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE
317 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON TO A POSITION OFF THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT.
RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...MIXING WITH SLEET AND A LITTLE SNOW NEAR THE ONSET. AS COLDER AIR FROM THE NORTH OVERSPREADS THE REGION...THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
THIS EVENING. SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS INLAND FROM THE COAST...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR ALREADY OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
317 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010
...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PARTS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...
GAZ116-118-137-138-121700-
/O.UPG.KCHS.WS.A.0001.100212T1700Z-100213T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KCHS.WS.W.0001.100212T1700Z-100213T1100Z/
INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEMBROKE...SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE
317 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON TO A POSITION OFF THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT.
RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...MIXING WITH SLEET AND A LITTLE SNOW NEAR THE ONSET. AS COLDER AIR FROM THE NORTH OVERSPREADS THE REGION...THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
THIS EVENING. SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS INLAND FROM THE COAST...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR ALREADY OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE.
11 February 2010
Aircraft Crash at Malcolm McKinnon Airport (SSI)
I initially got this out to the blog via a Twitter post this afternoon, but I wanted to get out a regular blog post about it as well. Shortly after 1500 today, a single engine two seat aircraft crashed on the runway at Malcolm McKinnon Airport on St. Simons Island. Zone 2 and other units from Glynn County FD responded to find the aircraft near the middle of the runway upright with moderate damage and one minor injury. Shortly after arrival, all units shifted from GCFD F1 to GCFD F2 for incident operations (this was the first time I've heard them move incident ops off of the F1 dispatch TG). It was also reported that a USCG helicopter was orbiting overhead when the first units arrived on scene (I didn't hear the USCG comms, it is hard to get simplex communications like that from inside this building with a handheld). Engine 2 and Squad 4 ended up handling the situation. Airport authorities were notified and the runway was closed.
If anyone heard any of the USCG comms on this incident I'd love to hear about it. I would guess they were either on CG 410 (413.000 MHz P25) or CG 113 (163.1375 MHz P25)
Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
If anyone heard any of the USCG comms on this incident I'd love to hear about it. I would guess they were either on CG 410 (413.000 MHz P25) or CG 113 (163.1375 MHz P25)
Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
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