VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team Participation at the National Hurricane Conference and Visit to WX4NHC

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VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team Participation
at the National Hurricane Conference and Visit to
WX4NHC
Presented by Rob Macedo KD1CY, Director of
Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
kd1cy_at_voipwx.net
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Agenda

• Overview of the VoIP Hurricane Net Management
  Team Visit to WX4NHC and meeting with the NHC
  Coordinator team.
• Overview of the Amateur Radio Workshop at the
  National Hurricane Conference
• Storm Study Team Participation in the National
  Hurricane Conference
• Locations for materials from the National
  Hurricane Conference including a special message
  from National Hurricane Center Director and
  Amateur Radio Operator Bill Read-KB5FYA.

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Acknowledgements

• Pictures and Inputs into this presentation and
  all content provided by the following
• John McHugh-K4AG
• Julio Ripoll-WD4R
• Dennis Dura-K2DCD
• Jim Palmer-KB1KQW
• Mike Sparky Leger-N1YLQ
• Danny Musten-KD4RAA (Storm Study Team)
• Brandon McLamb-KG4EDW (Storm Study Team)
• Rob Macedo-KD1CY

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Sunday March 31st WX4NHC Visit

• On Sunday March 31st, the VoIP Hurricane Net
  Management team visited with WX4NHC Coordinator
  John McHugh-K4AG and Assistant WX4NHC
  Coordinator, Julio Ripoll-WD4R.
• Goal was for a tour of facility and to meet to
  discuss issues for the 2008 Hurricane Season.
• Members of the VoIP Hurricane Net Management team
  present
• KD1CY-Rob Macedo Director of Operations of the
  VoIP Hurricane Net
• K2DCD-Dennis Dura Assistant Director of
  Operations of the VoIP Hurricane Net and ARRL HQ
  Manager of Preparedness and Response
• KB1KQW-Jim Palmer VoIP Hurricane Net Routine and
  Activation Net Scheduler
• N1YLQ-Mike Sparky Leger VoIP Hurricane Net
  Control Trainer

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Meeting Discussions

• Meeting focused on several issues in which the
  VoIP Hurricane Net Management team could help
• Dedicated proxy for the WX4NHC setup. (Tony
  Langdon-VK3JED has completed this work already
  for us.)
• Resurrecting the CARMEN Project. Dennis-K2DCD to
  review via various means.
• PR Push to get people more active in giving
  surface reports to WX4NHC by any means possible.
• New technologies for EchoLink and IRLP that are
  available that VoIP Technical Coordinator, Tony
  Langdon-VK3JED is working on implementing. Tony
  was patched into the meeting to discuss this
  directly with Julio and John.

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Tour of Other Parts of the National Hurricane
Center

• The National Hurricane Center has several other
  branches located in the same building that
  include
• The Tropical Analysis Forecast Branch
• National Weather Service Office in Miami Florida

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Amateur Radio Workshop at the National Hurricane
Conference Tuesday April 1st, 2008

• Amateur Radio Workshop at the National Hurricane
  Conference was Tuesday April 1st, 2008.
• Roughly 30 people were in attendance with half of
  the audience from Florida and the other half from
  other areas.
• Presentation was broken up into 3 parts.
• WX4NHC Amateur Radio Operations including the
  Hurricane Watch Net
• VoIP Hurricane Net
• Amateur Radios new role in gathering disaster
  intelligence.
• Presentation currently available in Flash Media
  Format via the following link http//www.nsradio.
  org/NHC08/

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National Hurricane Conference

• Many different topics are offered and can be
  taken through the conference based on your
  interest and expertise. Those areas include
  presentations on
• Meteorology
• Emergency Management/Mitigation
• Fire/EMS
• Voluntary Agencies
• Law Enforcement
• Tropical Islands
• Engineering
• Evacuation
• Public Education/Media
• Response
• Recovery

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Stormy Study Participation in the National
Hurricane Conference

• Storm Study participated in the National
  Hurricane Conference in varying capacities
  including
• Spreading the word on preparing for hurricanes
  and storms through the Energizer
  Plan/Prepare/Protect program to many media
  outlets.
• Representation from Storm Study at the Amateur
  Radio Workshop by IRLP Net Manager and Storm
  Study Team Member, Danny Musten-KD4RAA.
• Interviewing National Hurricane Center Director
  Bill Read-KB5FYA where Bill emphasizes the
  significant importance of Amateur Radio to
  reporting and forecasting hurricanes and is also
  there where all else fails.

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Storm Study Meets the WX4NHC Coordinators
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Storm Study Team with NHC Director Bill Read
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Storm Study Team with VoIP Hurricane Net
Management Team
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VoIP Hurricane Net/ARRL Meet with Director of NHC
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Conclusion

• The National Hurricane Conference and visit to
  WX4NHC was extremely helpful to push the message
  for Amateur Radio to remain relevant in being
  there when all else fails and providing disaster
  intelligence/situational awareness before it
  fails.
• The Conference created great visibility for
  WX4NHC Operations, the VoIP Hurricane Net, the
  Storm Study Team and the Hurricane Watch Net.

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Conclusion-Reference Links

• This presentation and its recording will be
  posted via to the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at
  http//www.voipwx.net
• Additional announcements with pictures will be
  posted to the VoIP Hurricane Net web site along
  with a write-up on the workshops attended where
  possible.
• The Interview with NHC Director and Amateur Radio
  Operator KB5FYA-Bill Read conducted by the Storm
  Study team is available in both audio and video
  format on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site via the
  following links (Please note, 2-6 MB file size)
• http//www.voipwx.net/local/Bill_Read_on_Ham_Radio
  _Hurricane_Conference_2008.mp3
• http//www.voipwx.net/local/Bill_Read_on_Ham_Radio
  _Hurricane_Conference2008.wmv